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 Fight to Implement Busing: For Labor/Black Defense to Stop Racist Attacks and to Smash Fascist Threats
New York: Spartacus Youth Publishing Company, 1975. 70p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, wraps lightly soiled and stained, old price penned on front wrap else very good condition. On the Boston busing crisis; extensive polemics against competing left groups. More
Cat.No: 186542
The Fight to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the struggle against the death penalty, including a speech by Mumia Abu-Jamal attorney Leonard Weinglass
San Francisco: Walnut Publishing, 1997. 51p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps slightly faded at spine, otherwise very good. Includes various articles on Mumia from the Socialist Action newspaper. More
Cat.No: 165993
The Final Call. Vol. 15 no. 31, August 27, 1996
Chicago: FCN Publishing, 1996. Newspaper. 38p. folded tabloid newspaper, minor edgewear else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 262414
The Final Call. Vol. 2 no. 5, May 1982
Chicago: FCN Publishing, 1982. Newspaper. 23p. folded tabloid newspaper, minor edgewear, a few small stains on front wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 262412
The Final Call. Vol. 4 no. 1
Chicago: 1984. Newspaper. 35p. folded tabloid newspaper, minor toning and wear. On the Saviours' Day 1984 interfaith service hosted by the Nation of Islam, attended by Michael Manley, Native American activist Russell Means, Shirley Chisholm, Jeremiah Wright, Seiho Tajiri, and many others. More
Cat.No: 262034
Finish the civil war! A Spartacist pamphlet
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, [1989?]. 32p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, pages toned else very good condition. Black history and the class struggle 5. More
Cat.No: 125017
First world news: The diversity newspaper of the Lehigh Valley [four issues]
Allentown, PA: Lehigh Valley Black Interest Coalition, 1993-1995. Four issues of the tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned, otherwise very good. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2, and vol. 3 nos. 1 and 2. "Highlighting the positive aspects of the under-represented ethnic groups in the Lehigh..... More
Cat.No: 239471
Free Angela Davis [poster]
New York: NY Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1971]. 16.75 x 21.5inch poster, very good, with portrait of Angela speaking. More
Cat.No: 240640
Free Billy Dean Smith - Free all of us [pinback button]
n.p. [1972?]. 1.75 inch diameter pin, portrait of Smith in uniform, very good. Smith was eventually acquitted of charges that he had fragged two white officers in Vietnam. More
Cat.No: 267043
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1998. 47p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps. Black history and the class struggle 15. More
Cat.No: 139862
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1998. 47p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good condition. Black history and the class struggle 15. More
Cat.No: 236838
Free the Camp Pendleton 14. End racism
n.p. Camp Pendleton 14 Defense Committee, [1978]. Six-panel brochure, very good. Includes a blurry photo of demonstrators from the Committee Against Racism hitting David Duke at Camp Pendleton, Calls for demonstrations in support of the fourteen Black marines then in the brig for protesting KKK activities on the base. More
Cat.No: 267703
The Freedom Climb: a chronology of over 400 years of history in America of the afro-American's heroic struggle to gain his rightful place in the country where he lived, fought, struggled, worked, died and loved
Dover, DE: Back Publishing Company, 1969. Pamphlet. 64p., stapled wraps, 4x9 inches, wraps evenly browned and lightly worn else very good condition. This 1492-1968 chronology contains an appendix of Spingarn Medalists. More
Cat.No: 121306
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 13 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1973. Single issue of the paperback journal, 96p., covers mildly worn. Cover article is "Paul Robeson: true revolutionary" by Judge George W. Crockett. More
Cat.No: 253180
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 19 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1979. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 132-176, very good. Includes a series of short critical essays, "Black writers' views of America," with contributions by Angela davis, Carole Gregory, Loyle Hairston, Joyce Ladner and Sarah Wright. More
Cat.No: 253181
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 21 no. 4
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1981. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 228-288, wraps lightly worn, date penned on cover else very good condition. 20th Anniversary issue. Includes an article on the genocide of Native Americans and a series of cartoons on Ronald Reagan. More
Cat.No: 253327
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 22 no. 2
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1982. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 66-127, very good. Includes "The South since Memphis" by JH O'Dell, a profile of Civil Rights veteran Anna Devine, and more. More
Cat.No: 253176
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 25 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1985. Single issue of the staplebound journal, 63p., wraps lightly worn, date penned on front wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 253330
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 25 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1985. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 130-240, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Includes poetry by Aaron Kramer, gale jackson, Horace Mungin, and Richard Davidson. Cover is a drawing of Paul Robeson by Vivian R. McDuffie. More
Cat.No: 253328
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 15 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1975. Single issue of the paperback journal, 80p., very good. Includes an editorial, "Black women - internationalizing the struggle," a critique by Brenda Jones of the book "Time on the cross" as racist pseudoscience, Jean Carey Bond on "The media image of Black women," and more..... More
Cat.No: 253184
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 15 no. 2
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1975. Single issue of the paperback journal, pp. 84-144, traces of a coffee cup ring on the cover. Includes an editorial, "Joanne Little: America goes on trial," Alice A. Lewis describing an appearance by Angela Davis in Port Gibson, Mississippi to call for the release of..... More
Cat.No: 253183
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 9, no. 2 (Spring 1969)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1969. pp. 101-192., paperback journal, mild handling wear. Cover art by Carles White. More
Cat.No: 253012
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 9, no. 3 (Summer 1969)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1969. pp. 197-288., paperback journal, mild handling, very good. Cover art by John Biggers. Includes Kathryn Jackson on "LeRoi Jones and the New Black Writers of the Sixties," George Fishman on "Paul Robeson's student days and the fight against racism at Rutgers," and more... More
Cat.No: 253010
Freedomways: a quarterly review of the freedom movement. vol. 10, no. 4 (Fourth quarter, 1970)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1970. pp. 308-399, paperback journal, mild shelfwear. Includes Porter Kirkwood's "America's youth culture: a revolutionary potential?" as well as "Art and liberation" by Richard G. Hatcher, and a symposium on the GI movement against the war, with Ralph David Abernathy, Howard Levy, and J.H. O'Dell, and..... More
Cat.No: 253006
Freedomways: a quarterly review of the freedom movement. vol. 12, no. 2 (Second quarter, 1972)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1972. pp. 100-176., paperback journal, light shelfwear, very good. Includes a speech by Shirley Chisholm, a piece by Communist VP candidate Jarvis Tyner, and much more. More
Cat.No: 253008