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.
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Centennial celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Africa: 1875-1975. [Interior title: A legacy of freedom: Christian evangelism, complete liberation]
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1975. [72p.], wraps, front cover has circular cut-out through which is visible an outline of Africa with Bible and torch; several small stains to the illustration, interior otherwise clean. 11x8.5 inches. Program booklet for an event marking the centennial of the AME Zion Church in... More about Centennial celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Africa: 1875-1975....
Cat.No: 210179
The challenge of desgregation for the American police executive; a conference called by the graduate school of public administration of New York University under a grant by the Robert Marshall civil liberties trust, February 4-9, 1962
New York: New York University, 1962. 12p. conference program, wraps. More about The challenge of desgregation for the American police executive; a conference called by the...
Cat.No: 39590
Challenge. official publication of the Young People's Socialist League. (four issues)
New York: Young People's Socialist League. 1958-1959. Four issues of the newspaper, perhaps all published; vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2 and vol. 2 nos. 1 and 2; 4 pages each, tabloid format on toned newsprint. Much coverage of civil rights: Volume one, number 1 has an approximately 19 column... More about Challenge. official publication of the Young People's Socialist League. (four issues
Cat.No: 178863
Challenging the myths: the schools, the blacks, and the poor
Cambridge: Harvard Educational Review, 1975. Paperback. 212p., revised and enlarged edition, wraps. Reprint series #5. More about Challenging the myths: the schools, the blacks, and the poor
Cat.No: 17088
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its thirteenth anniversary and Black History Month; Sunday, February 25, 1988, at 4:00 p. m., North Oakland M.B.C., Oakland, California 94608
Oakland: the Church, 1988. [12]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps with biblical quotation. More about The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its thirteenth...
Cat.No: 107467
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its twelfth anniversary and Black History Month; Sunday, February 15, 1987, at 4:00 p. m., North Oakland M. B. C
Oakland: North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, 1987. [8]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps with title, "Praise the Lord, o my soul" More about The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its twelfth...
Cat.No: 107466
Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Simpsonville, MD: Changes/PEER Collective, 1974. Newspaper. 44p. folded tabloid newspaper in two sections, comix, political cartoons, radical columns, news, services, very good on newsprint. Underground radical political newspaper. Articles on the murder of George Jackson in prison, Racism in Hopward County, LGBT and Women's Rights, Black Panthers, the US still... More about Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Cat.No: 186520
Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in the last decade, from the pages of the Southern Regional Council's publication NEW SOUTH
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1955. Staplebound. 116p., second printing, very good in wraps. More about Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in...
Cat.No: 39591
Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in the last decade, from the pages of the Southern Regional Council's publication NEW SOUTH
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1955. Staplebound. 116p., second printing, name penned at bottom of first page, otherwise very good in wraps. More about Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in...
Cat.No: 196641
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Los Angeles Lay District presents: "An Afternoon of Music and Drama" [program booklet] Sunday, June 20, 1965, Manuel [sic] Arts High School, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles: The Church, 1965. [16p] includes covers, 8.75x11.25 inches, program for the event, photos, local business ads, soiling to covers and the letters I.D.W. in ink on cover otherwise a good souvenir program booklet in stapled white printed wraps. African American church and Lay District organization as well as..... More about The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Los Angeles Lay District presents: "An Afternoon of...
Cat.No: 224654
Christian reflections on issues posed by the racial crisis; in Social Action, volume xxx, no. 9, May 1964
New York: Council for Christian Social Action, United Church of Christ, 1964. 32p., wraps. Includes a lead article by Andrew Young, "Demonstrations: a Twentieth Century Christian Witness. More about Christian reflections on issues posed by the racial crisis; in Social Action, volume xxx, no. 9,...
Cat.No: 81813
The Church and the Negro; five editorial atricles from The Church Standard, reprinted by request
Philadelphia: the Church Standard, 1906. 28p., lightly worn wraps. More about The Church and the Negro; five editorial atricles from The Church Standard, reprinted by request
Cat.No: 99687
Cinéaste; vol. 13, #3; Solidarity and the Polish Cinema, "Salt of the Earth" revisited, Hollywood's New Black stars
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1984. 60p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More about Cinéaste; vol. 13, #3; Solidarity and the Polish Cinema, "Salt of the Earth"...
Cat.No: 166138
Cinéaste; vol. 6, #1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1973. 52p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Radical American film questionaire part II, Male Chauvinist Musical by Robert patrick. More about Cinéaste; vol. 6, #1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
Cat.No: 166139
Civil rights U.S.A. Public schools southern states 1962; staff reports submitted to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and authorized for publication
Washington: the Commission, 1962. Paperback. iii, 217p., prior owner's signature, otherwise very good in wraps. Studies of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. More about Civil rights U.S.A. Public schools southern states 1962; staff reports submitted to the United...
Cat.No: 133325
Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 3
Amsterdam: Slagerzicht, [1991]. 86p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Text in heavily accented English. The result of cooperation between activists in seven different western European countries, hence the use of English as a lingua franca. Updates on antifascist activities in Europe, the Gulf War, etc. Includes a reprint of a lengthy... More about Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 3
Cat.No: 210343
Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 7. September '92.
Amsterdam: Slagerzicht, 1992. 74p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, price written in pen on front wrap else very good condition. Text in heavily accented English. The result of cooperation between activists in seven different western European countries, hence the use of English as a lingua franca. Updates on antifascist activities in... More about Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 7. September '92
Cat.No: 236761
Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Chicago: State Committee, Illinois District, Communist Party, USA, 1987. [24]p. program with addendum sheet laid in, wraps. Commemoration of the two Chicago-area Communist activists, done after their retirement. More about Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Cat.No: 108592
Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Chicago: State Committee, Illinois District, Communist Party, USA, 1987. [24]p. program, stapled wraps. Commemoration of the two Chicago-area Communist activists, done after their retirement. More about Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Cat.No: 160233
The Claverite: a Catholic fraternal magazine; vol. 79, #2, Winter issue 1998
New Orleans: Knights of Peter Claver, 1998. Magazine. 40p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, events, photos, members, services, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover photos of Most Reverend George V. Murray, SJ, the National Chaplain and Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. African American Catholic order. More about The Claverite: a Catholic fraternal magazine; vol. 79, #2, Winter issue 1998
Cat.No: 213004
Clear Kenneth Johnson
Buffalo, NY: The Kenneth Johnson Defense Fund, [1976]. Six-panel brochure, 4.75x8.5 inches, very good. On the case of an African American community activist in prison for rape; alleges that he has been framed and lists cases from the past of false rape charges against African American men. More about Clear Kenneth Johnson
Cat.No: 177697
Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has always oppressed black people, and how all oppression can finally be ended
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1989. 35p., illus., 8x10.5 inches, later printing,very good in wraps. Originally published as a special section of Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The RCP's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More about Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has always oppressed black people, and how all...
Cat.No: 121229
Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has always oppressed black people, and how all oppression can finallly be ended
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1989. 35p., illus., 8x10.5 inches, on evenly toned newsprint. Originally published as a special section of Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The Revolutionary Communist Party's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More about Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has always oppressed black people, and how all...
Cat.No: 128177
The Colonnade Gallery presents the creative hand; contemporary art and artifacts of Southern Africa; an exhibition on view at The George Washington University, January 14 through February 21, 1997
Washington: The George Washington University, 1997. 12p., 10x7.5 inches oblong, preface, introduction, bibliography, map, illustrated with color photos, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More about The Colonnade Gallery presents the creative hand; contemporary art and artifacts of Southern...
Cat.No: 113785
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 about The color purple; a gala premiere benefitting the San Francisco Women's Building and the San...
Cat.No: 19573