African American
This section includes literature by African American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of political and social organizations ranging from the Black Panthers to the AME Church.
New Arrivals
The color purple; a gala premiere benefitting the San Francisco Women's Building and the San Francisco School of Dramatic Arts, December 18, 1985, Masonic Auditorium
[San Francisco]: n. pub. 1985. 24p., illus., 8.5x11" program for the benefit opening of the film version of Alice Walker's novel. More
Cat.No: 19573
Colors of Contribution: the Women's Building Honors Lesbians of Color for Shaping the Vision [two handbills] featuring Casselberry-Dupree Band with Nerida Rojas & Annette A. Aguilar
San Francisco: Women's Building, 1991. Two handbills, 8.5x11 inches printed one side only, orange stock, very good, picture of the musical duo, information about the event, very similar in layout with minor differences. Handbills for a benefit for the Women's Building. More
Cat.No: 238049
Combined minutes of the proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth session of the Atlanta Georgia Annual Conference held at Turner Memorial AME Church... November 21-25, 1956 ... and Ninety-first Annual Session of the Georgia Annual Conference held at St. Paul AME Church ... December 5-9, 1956...
Atlanta: [Sixth Episcopal District, AME Church], 1956. 80p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes a resolution in support of the Supreme Court's outlawing of school segregation. More
Cat.No: 212864
The Commemorator. Vol. 12 no. 1 (October 2002)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2002. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 245955
The Commemorator. Vol. 14 no. 2 (July 2004)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2004. 28p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. Cover story is "Media and Berkeley Police Dept. continue dirty politics against BPP legacy." More
Cat.No: 245956
The Commemorator. Vol. 16 no. 2 (October 2006)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2006. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. Cover story on the 40th anniversary of the BPP. More
Cat.No: 245957
The commune. (April 8, 1968)
Manhattanville Station, New York: Commune, 1968. First issue of the short-lived Situationist-influenced newsletter, mimeographed on a single 8.5x11 inch sheet, very good. OCLC lists two holdings, at UC Davis and University of Virgina, each of which has only this and one later issue. The publication was occasioned by the assassination..... More
Cat.No: 164986
The communist vol. I, no. 5
Detroit: Black Workers Congress, 1975. 20p. tabloid newspaper, 11x17 inches, folded, text in English and Spanish. More
Cat.No: 167413
The Communist. A magazine of the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism. Vol. 11, no. 2, February, 1932
New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1932. Paperback. 99-192p., wraps slightly worn, some internal creasing of corners Complete issue. Articles include The International Significance of Bolshevism by M.H.C., The Problem of Cadres in the Party by C. Smith, growing Revolt in Japan by Nakata, A Year..... More
Cat.No: 169807
Communities for the future: preservation of African American heritage in the United States ... summation report from first symposium, Charles Sumner School, 3-4 June 1994, Washington, D.C.
Indianapolis: African American Landmarks Committee, 1994. Unpaginated (approx. 80p.), 8.5x11 inches, stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 59096
Comprehensive Listing of State Legislators of Color Updated June 1992
Washington DC: Center for Policy Alternatives, 1992. Pamphlet. 23p., softbound corner-stapled pamphlet 11x8.5 inches, ex library with minimal markings (rubber stamp and inked abbreviation), a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 191382
Constructive Mental Hygiene in the Caribbean; Proceedings of the first Caribbean converence on mental Health, March 14-19, 1957. Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Assen, Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. xiii, 176p., hardbound in openweave cinnamon cloth boards gilt, in dust jacket; lower corner has suffered a bad corner bump affecting textblock (but not the printblocks) as well as covers, while the upper corner-tip has a much milder bump. Otherwise quite sound..... More
Cat.No: 231112
Contact: the San Francisco collection of new writing, art, and ideas. vol. 4 no. 1 (July 1963)
Sausalito: Angel Island Publications, 1963. Paperback. 78p., slender paperback, 8.25x11 inches, faint penned signature on cover, mild handling wear. Includes Ed Bullins on "The polished protest: aesthetics and the Black writer." More
Cat.No: 238170
Contemporary Afro-American Films Presents Saba Saba
Stockton, CA: Contemporary Afro-American Films, [c1972]. Single sheet folded to make a 3-panel brochure, 3.75 x 8.5 inches when folded, illus., very good condition. Brochure promoting the film "Saba Saba", a 1972 documentary on Tanzania and President Julius Nyerere made by African-American filmmakers George Sloan, Sam Steverson, William Sloan, and..... More
Cat.No: 250765
The continuing challenge: the past and the future of Brown v. Board of Education, a symposium
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights, 1975. Paperback. xi, 88p., wraps. More
Cat.No: 54469
The covenant with black America; introduction by Tavis Smiley
Chicago: Third World Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. xiv, 254p., previous owner's signature, first printing, wraps. More
Cat.No: 137839
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Crimes of Hate [brochure] a powerful new documentary video
New York: Anti-Defamation league, [1998]. Eight panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches on heavy stock illustrated with stills from the film, final panel is an order form for the ADL film library, very good. Concerns hate crimes agains Jews, People of Color and Gays. More
Cat.No: 252659
Cry for freedom. "The newspaper of poor and working people." Vol. 1 no. 1 (Dec. 1978/Jan. 1979)
New York: 1978. 16p. (half in English, half in Spanish); tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper toned. Fred Newman was on the editorial board. Salvador Agron, popularly known as the "Capeman," is listed on the editorial staff, and he contributes an article about his case. He laments that he is..... More
Cat.No: 220061
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 5, No. 3, January 1992
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1992. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap with address crossed off in marker, else very good condition with flier advertising a fellowship opportunity laid in. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican..... More
Cat.No: 251016
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 7, No. 1, November 1993
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1993. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano Studies departments at the University. More
Cat.No: 251017
Cuba: Country Free of Segregation / Pays Sans Discimination Raciale
Havana: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, [1960s]. 20p. + [12]p. of black and white photos, stapled wraps, 9.5 x 6.25 inches landscape format, wraps worn and soiled else good condition. Text in English and French. Not dated, but quotes several speeches given by Cuban politicians in the '60s, the latest of..... More
Cat.No: 247761
Cultural Correspondence new series #2 (Winter 1983)
New York: Cultural Correspondence, 1983. Magazine. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, illus., wraps slightly edge worn else very good condition. Includes C.L.R. James at Black Ink: on Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange. Other contents include a special section on radical humor and an arts roundup. More
Cat.No: 130470
Curriculum for Social Change
Cambridge, MA: [authors], 1969. [43p.], dittoed 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled together at upper left corner, very good. A course project undertaken by radical students at Harvard; cover sheet identifies the course as "T-102, Dr. Belanger;" the group submitting this project was Group A. "The objective of the community self training..... More
Cat.No: 195415
Dance Black America April 21-24, 1983
New York: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1983. 47p, 8.5 x 10 inches, wraps, illustrated with black & white photos, program for festival on the roots of black dance including African and Caribbean slave dances through hip hop, not in OCLC. This festival was captured on film by D A Pennebacker..... More
Cat.No: 169614
De Colores: Newsletter of the Bay Area Lesbians of Color Summer 1988
San Francisco: BALOC, 1988. 8p., 5.5x8.5 inches, articles, events, illustrations, services and resources, very good newsletter on lavender stock. Includes discussion of Jesse Jackson’s second campaign for president. More
Cat.No: 225631