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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American Anti-Slavery Reporter, nos. 1-8 1834
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. Various pagination, very good condition. Reprint. Negro periodicals in the United States, series 2. More
Cat.No: 346545
American Documentary Films: 1972 Media Catalogue
New York: American Documentary Films, 1972. Pamphlet. 46p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. Advertises leftist films on topics including the Vietnam War, labor history, women's liberation, Black liberation, Mexican-Americans, and much more. More
Cat.No: 272395
American Labor History; Race and Ethnicity in the Working Class
Somerville: New England Free Press, [1973]. Pamphlet. 48p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled, staples slightly rusted, else in very good condition. Short book reviews and bibliography. A Radical America Pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 59935
Announcing .... 2nd annual post Easter conference on preaching; Friday...
Detroit: Hartford Baptist Church and Metropolitan Church of God, 1979. Six-panel brochure, printed two sides, with Taylor's photograph, very good. More
Cat.No: 147685
Anthony J. Perez, Jr. vs. Muhammad Ali
[New York]: 1975-1976. Hardcover. A bound volume containing photoreproductions of 28 different trial documents from the Southern District of New York, where the boxing referee Anthony Perez sued Muhammad Ali for $20 million for making statements that Perez called malicious, false and defamatory. The lawsuit was ultimately quashed, and the..... More
Cat.No: 299801
An anthropologist looks at the race question; in Social Action...
New York: Council for Social Action, of the Congregational Christian Churches, 1945. 48p., very good in wraps with a photo of Joe Louis in uniform on the front; cover story by Hortense Powdermaker. The issue, devoted to ''significant intercultural and interracial experiments" includes material on Jewish Americans and African Americans..... More
Cat.No: 145335
As the South goes... vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 2009)...
Atlanta: Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide, 2009. 15p., single issue of the staplebound newsletter; in very good condition. Articles on movement-building in Georgia and other regional communities. More
Cat.No: 324828
Association of Black Psychologists Newsletter. Volume 12, Number 1, Fall...
Washington DC: Association of Black Psychologists, 1980. Staplebound. 27, [3] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Organization news, including a conference report, job listings, chapter news, and event announcements. A scarce serial, with WorldCat reporting only six locations as of March 2023. More
Cat.No: 301795
Association of Black Psychologists Newsletter. Volume 12, Number 1, Fall...
Washington DC: Association of Black Psychologists, 1978. Staplebound. 26, [4] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Folded once in half. Final leaf detached. A long report on the 11th Annual Convention for Black Psychologists (with photo-illustrations) is followed by chapter updates, job announcements, and a blank form for ordering..... More
Cat.No: 301796
Attention! Do you also want a job? For more information...
Buffalo, NY: 5th Ward Branch, Workers Alliance, [1938]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, toned with tiny edge chip, otherwise very good but for "Buffalo, 1938" penned in lower right corner. The 5th Ward in Buffalo was the heart of the segregated African American community, though this leaflet makes no reference to..... More
Cat.No: 321563
Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the...
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. Poster. 17x22 inch poster featuring a crowd of demonstrators with fists raised, small golden outline of the African continent; edgeworn. Issued to promote the national tour of John Nyata Pokela; lengthy sponsorship list at bottom. More
Cat.No: 183558
BAJI Black Alliance for Just Immigration Reader. Vol. 1 no...
Berkeley: Black Alliance for Just Immigration, 2009. Staplebound. 47p. staplebound journal, 8.5x11 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 299455
Baptist Pathfinders: study guide for middle and senior adult groups...
Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, 1990. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, very good booklet in stapled tan wraps. More
Cat.No: 214677
Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th...
[San Francisco?]: n. pub. [1983]. 8.5x11 inch printed sheet with quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a list of participants, including Angela Davis, Decca Truehaft (Jessica Mitford), Nina Serrano, Teatro Latino and many others, lightly toned else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 162546
Bay Area Directory of Job Placement Services
San Francisco: KNBR, The NBC owned radio station, 1972. 11p., 8.5x11 inch corner stapled sheets; slightly toned, else very good. More
Cat.No: 336043
Bay Area Student Conference Against the Bakke Decision [handbill]
San Francisco: the Conference, [1978]. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold, paper toned. Announces an event at SF City College with the president of the SF NAACP and other speakers. More
Cat.No: 340426
Bayshore Employment Service Presents "Education is the Vehicle" featuring Dr...
Palo Alto, CA: Bayshore Employment Service, 1993. 8.5x11 inch handbill; two b&w portraits, slightly edgeworn, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 336117
Be free, MegaBlackSF, Juneteenth 2021
San Francisco: MegaBlackSF, 2021. 16p., 8.5x11 inch b&w staplebound wraps; zine style meditation coloring book with inspirational quotes, one corner slightly bent, else very good. More
Cat.No: 323157
BeatBox: for the hip hop mind. Issue 4
San Francisco: BeatBox, 2000. Four-page newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, horizontal fold. Political hip hop updates, with brief notes about Michael Franti, Dilated Peoples, Invisibl Skratch Pickls, Makeba Mooncycle and others. More
Cat.No: 249897
Berkeley Journal of Sociology: A Critical Review; Vol. XII (Summer...
Berkeley: Graduate Sociology Club of the Department of Sociology, University of California Berkeley, 1967. Magazine. 231p., wraps with black tape binding, 6.5x9.25 inches, wraps lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. Articles include "Military regimes and Political Stability in Egypt, Iraq, and Syria," "Ideology and Organization in Communist China: On Franz..... More
Cat.No: 340930
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 1, #8 (#8), Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 1969...
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, 1969. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. Early issue of the underground paper put out by the former staff of the Berkeley Barb. Reprints police strategy documents outlining plans for attacking Black Panther headquarters. More
Cat.No: 280763
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 5, #25 (#105), July 30-Aug. 6, 1971
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Inc., 1971. Newspaper. 19p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, in very good condition. Includes an interview with George Jackson (who was killed soon after this issue came out). More
Cat.No: 303306
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 6, #1 (#107), Aug. 14-20, [1971]
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Inc., [1971]. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, slightly toned, else very good condition. Front cover photo of Ruchell Magee. By now the Tribe had stopped using bylines altogether. Interview with Ruchell Magee. More
Cat.No: 344847
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 6, #10 (#116)
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Inc., [1971]. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, lightly edgeworn, small tear at fold on front wrap, else very good condition. By now the Tribe had stopped using bylines altogether. Articles on the Soledad Brothers, GI mutiny, article by an Abortion Confernce, and more. More
Cat.No: 344858
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 6, #14 (#123), Dec. 10-16, 1971
Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1971. Newspaper. 15p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, front wrap toned along fold, else very good on newsprint. The first of two issues labeled Vol. 6, No. 16; the other is whole #124. Cover story is "The Jury's Picked: Soledad Bros. Trial Begins Tues. Dec. 14," with..... More
Cat.No: 344888

























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