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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Berkeley Tribe: vol. 6, #17 (#126), Dec. 31, 1971 -...
Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1971. Newspaper. 15p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, actions, events, reviews, photos, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. Articles on the Vietnam war, the Soledad Brothers, and more. More
Cat.No: 344890
Bethany's Church Choir annual day, Sunday, September 26, 1993, 5400...
Oakland: Bethany's Church, 1993. Four panel souvenir program, 8.5x11 inches, list of deceased members, program for the event, officers and committees, single song sheet "We've Come This far By Faith" by Albert A. Goodson laid-in, very good. More
Cat.No: 207141
Bethel Baptist Church: seventeenth annual scholarship awards program, Sunday, June...
Oakland: the Church, 1978. 24p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus. with photos, wraps lightly worn, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 41163
A Bibliography of Afro-American, Spanish American, American Oriental and American...
Berkeley: Elementary Intern Program, Department of Education, University of California, 1970. Paperback. iii, 112p., copy shop-bound book, 8.5x10.9 inches. Only 3 copies found in the OCLC as of August 2022. Neat ownership stamp on front cover, title page, else very good. More
Cat.No: 289686
Big City Suckers, from the video Made in the Shade...
n.pl: n.pub, n.d. [16]p., 8.5x11 inch magazine; cover edges worn, spine worn, price penned on front in marker. Good only. More
Cat.No: 348312
A big Victory! [handbill]
Buffalo, NY: 5th Ward Branch, Workers Alliance, [1938]. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, toned with minor edgewear, "Buffalo, 1938" penned in corner. The Workers Alliance of America, a Popular Front-era collaboration between the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and others, pressed for better WPA funding, and at this time was demanding..... More
Cat.No: 341870
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977
[Washington DC]: [GPO], [1977]. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled wraps, 9x6.5 inches landscape format, profusely illus., rubberstamp on title page, else very good condition. House Document 950258. More
Cat.No: 306673
Black Civil Rights Leaders
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1990. 32p., illus., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn else very good condition. Black History Series #4. Educational pamphlet with short bios of Du Bois, Garvey, King, Hamer, Randolph and others. More
Cat.No: 132997
The Black Collegian, The National Magazine of Black College Students...
New Orleans: Black Collegiate Services, 1976. Magazine. Pp. 2-82, 8.5x11 inch glossary wrap magazine, in very good condition. Focus in this issue is "Careers in energy" More
Cat.No: 292246
Black control of the black community / Boutelle in '68...
n.p. [Socialist Workers Party], 1968. 1.75 inch diameter pin, portrait of the presidential candidate with fuscia and black lettering around. Paul Boutelle changed his name to Kwame Montsho Ajamu Somburu in 1979. More
Cat.No: 176092
Black control of the Black community. Puerto Rican control of...
New York: Socialist Workers Party, 1970. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed both sides, date penciled on front, else very good condition. Issued in support of the SWP slate in New York elections, 1970. More
Cat.No: 125836
Black Culture Quiz
New York: The Sperry and Hutchingson Company, 1979. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 8.25x5.5 inches, very good condition. This a fourth printing of the edition revised in 1978. More
Cat.No: 217133
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1975. Oversized Paperback. Unpaginated (about 50p.), 8.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, slender softcover, wraps stained and discolored along top edge else very good. More
Cat.No: 252153
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1977; fourth Oscar Micheaux awards...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1977. [32]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps slightly soiled. More
Cat.No: 42200
Black Heritage is Us
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Pamphlet. [24]p.,stapled wraps, 6.5x9.5 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Promotional brochure for Holt's projected 27 volume Black Heritage series. More
Cat.No: 81807
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 139866
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. Pamphlet. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 238516
Black history and the class struggle [Nos. 1-25]
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1983-2011. Twenty-five pamphlets in the series, a number of them official reprints of 1980s originals, all 8.25x11 inches, very good in wraps. Topics range from Black leadership in the revolutionary movement, The Mumia case, Black Panther history, and prison issues, to Obama as "CEO of..... More
Cat.No: 157989
Black lesbian newsletter; No. 5 (November 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 240466
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 194704
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 6 (December 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Newsletter. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 292622
Black Lesbians and Gays Weaving the Future!: the 5th annual...
Los Angeles: B.G.L.L.F./ Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum, 1992. Handbill. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one side only on lavender stock. More
Cat.No: 242299
Black Liberation Month News. February '81
Chicago: Peoples College, 1981. Tabloid newspaper format, eight panels, unfolding to a large calendar, evenly toned, otherwise very good. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More
Cat.No: 344473
Black Liberation Month News. February '82
Chicago: Peoples College, 1982. 4p. tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor edgewear. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More
Cat.No: 239770
The Black Panther Black Community News Service, vol. III, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold; centerfold is foxed and somewhat worn along the fold line. Cover depicts David Hilliard; rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster. More
Cat.No: 347153
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