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
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 about Constructive Mental Hygiene in the Caribbean; Proceedings of the first Caribbean converence on...
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 about Contact: the San Francisco collection of new writing, art, and ideas. vol. 4 no. 1 (July 1963
Cat.No: 238170
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 about The continuing challenge: the past and the future of Brown v. Board of Education, a symposium
Cat.No: 54469
Contributions of the American Negro to civilization; a teaching unit for Negro history week
Baltimore: Department of Education. Office of the Director of Colored Schools, 1939. ii, 23p., 8.5x13 inches, some writing in text, wraps worn. A Committee of Baltimore educators -- Elizabeth Carr, Clarence Roberts, Chair Edyth Myers and eight others -- put together this high school teaching unit, cimilar to those from... More about Contributions of the American Negro to civilization; a teaching unit for Negro history week
Cat.No: 147750
Correspondence. To advance the American Revolution. Vol. 7, no. 7 (Sept. 1963)
Detroit: Correspondence Publishing Co., 1963. 8p., new format in semi-glossy 8.5x11 inch wraps with black and white photos (formerly a newspaper); mild wear. Single issue of the Black nationalist publication with contributions by James Boggs, Reginald Wilson, an interview with Conrad P. Lynn of the Freedom Now Party, and more. More about Correspondence. To advance the American Revolution. Vol. 7, no. 7 (Sept. 1963
Cat.No: 178395
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 about The covenant with black America; introduction by Tavis Smiley
Cat.No: 137839
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. 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 still in prison while Nixon is free... More about Cry for freedom. "The newspaper of poor and working people." Vol. 1 no. 1 (Dec....
Cat.No: 220061
Cultural Correspondence new series #2 (Winter 1983)
New York: Cultural Correspondence, 1983. Magazine. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps slightly edge worn. 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 about Cultural Correspondence new series #2 (Winter 1983
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 about Curriculum for Social Change
Cat.No: 195415
Dade County black heritage trail
Miami: The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida, [199-?]. 22x36 inch poster, folded into panels, printed two sides, with map, some photos, etc. More about Dade County black heritage trail
Cat.No: 115007
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 and Chris Hegedus. More about Dance Black America April 21-24, 1983
Cat.No: 169614
De Colores: Newsletter of the Bay Area Lesbians of Color
San Francisco: BALOC, 1988. 8-page newsletter, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Includes discussion of Jesse Jackson’s second campaign for president. More about De Colores: Newsletter of the Bay Area Lesbians of Color
Cat.No: 225631
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De negers en de nieuwe president; [cover title]; Presidents-verkiezing en het Neger-probleem* in AO, 9 Nov. 1956
Amsterdam: AO-reeks Stichting IVIO, 1956. 16p., illus. wraps decorated in red white & blue with stereotype portrait of Aunt Jemima type. The president referred to was Dwight Eisenhower; article discusses Jim Crow laws. More about De negers en de nieuwe president; [cover title]; Presidents-verkiezing en het Neger-probleem* in...
Cat.No: 33969
Delegate 1986
New York: Delegate, 1986. Oversized Paperback. 228p., illus., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. For two decades, Delegate served as a guide to the meetings and activities of African American leadership organizations. More about Delegate 1986
Cat.No: 42231
Democratic circus comes to Harlem
Harlem, NY: Harlem branch of the Progressive Labor Party, [1967]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides, creased from folding into quarters, worn and soiled; not found in OCLC. Addresses for two political contacts have been penned in the margin. Criticism of Adam Clayton Powell, probably written by Bill Epton... More about Democratic circus comes to Harlem
Cat.No: 147704
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Demonstrate! Boycott classes April 29 Janss Steps UCLA 1:30 [handbill] re: Bakke Decision etc.
Los Angeles: no publisher noted, 1978. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet handbill, fold crease at bottom otherwise very good on yellow stock with bold, black text. Other text reads -Ransacking of BSA Office, Bill Davis Controversy, Irresponsible Journalism by Daily Bruin, TA Cutbacks, Racism in Law School, Racism! with an 11-line... More about Demonstrate! Boycott classes April 29 Janss Steps UCLA 1:30 [handbill] re: Bakke Decision etc
Cat.No: 205737
DENISE ANDERSON, WILLIAM ANDERSON, ROBERT W. CASTLE, ARLENE LATKO, JOEL MYRON, ADRIAN TENHOR AND JERSEY CITY BRANCH OF NAACP, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THOSE PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS, v. ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, STEVEN NESTOR, POLICE CHIEF OF JERSEY CITY, GEORGE N. BONELLI, SHERIFF OF HUDSON COUNTY AND GEORGE WHELAN, POLICE DIRECTOR OF JERSEY CITY, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLASS OF POLICE CHIEFS, COUNTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL, COUNTY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS. Opinion.
n.p. Superior Court of New Jersey; Chancery division, Hudson County, 1969. 11p., 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled together at upper left corner, very good. Civil rights organizers in Hudson County filed the lawsuit against police for tracking their activities and creating secret files; the court finds that the police activities did... More about DENISE ANDERSON, WILLIAM ANDERSON, ROBERT W. CASTLE, ARLENE LATKO, JOEL MYRON, ADRIAN TENHOR AND...
Cat.No: 194214
Dimensions. Discussion journal of the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs. Vol. 2 no. 1 (Winter 1968)
New York: W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America, 1968. xi, 31p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets staplebound at left, last page loose from staples but still present. One of the several newsletters published by the CP-affiliated DuBois Clubs in this period. Articles include Carlos Russell on The Black Caucus and... More about Dimensions. Discussion journal of the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs. Vol. 2 no. 1 (Winter 1968
Cat.No: 217160
Directory of black Americans in political science, 1977
Washington: The Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, The American Political Science Association, 1977. Trade Paperback. [vii], 106p., keyboard-set text, first edition, wraps. More about Directory of black Americans in political science, 1977
Cat.No: 105810
Directory of historically black colleges and universities in the United States
Washington: National Alliance of Businessmen, 1977. 107p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. More about Directory of historically black colleges and universities in the United States
Cat.No: 116192
Does American Nurses Association (ANA) have conservative color schemes? [handbill]
[New York]: ANA Chapter, CSAE Local 1707, AFSCME AFL/CIO, 1969. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed on green paper, lightly fold-creased. States that two months after negotiating an agreement with the ANA to hire nurses from minority communities, several of the new nurses were being terminated. Outlies the case and asks the... More about Does American Nurses Association (ANA) have conservative color schemes? [handbill
Cat.No: 187554
Don't just sit around - Act to end genocide (mass murder). Mass rally [handbill]
New York: MAN, [196-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, minor edgewear; verso has a cartoon depicting Puerto Ricans, Vietnamese, American Indians, and African Americans being hung from the gallows. Announces upcoming events including daily demonstrations at the UN. The issuing organization is cited only as "MAN," located at 514 W. 126th St... More about Don't just sit around - Act to end genocide (mass murder). Mass rally [handbill
Cat.No: 218128
Édouard Duval-Carrié; Octubre 1992-Enero 1993
Monterrey, Mexico: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, 1992. 52p, wraps mildly worn with price sticker damage on rear cover, Duval-Carrié (1954 - ) was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; his art combines the sacred and the political aspects of Haitian history. More about Édouard Duval-Carrié; Octubre 1992-Enero 1993
Cat.No: 164238
Down for revolution; the RW interview
[Berkeley?]: [Revolution Books], [1990?]. 23 8.5x11 inch sheets, printed single side, light stain on front cover, containing an interview with an imprisoned African American leader of the RCP, reprinted from three 1990 issues of the Revolutionary Worker. More about Down for revolution; the RW interview
Cat.No: 128175
Draft REB Perspectives Thesis: War and Revolution
Detroit, MI: News & Letters, 1971. 17p., wraps somewhat smudged and soiled, mimeographed interior pages clean. Pre-Plenum Bulletin no. 2. Critique of Trotskyism, particularly its role in the black struggle. "The more they 'glorify' black 'leaders,' the less they work for unity with the Black masses in the anti-Vietnam War... More about Draft REB Perspectives Thesis: War and Revolution
Cat.No: 129632