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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Special supplement to Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The RCP's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More
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. Special supplement to Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The Revolutionary Communist Party's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More
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
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
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 Commemorator. Vol. 8 no. 1 (March 1998)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1998. 16p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. Cover story on the suspicious death of Leo Coleman Jr., found hanging from a tree in Shasta..... More
Cat.No: 249854
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