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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Combined minutes of the proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth session of...
Atlanta: [Sixth Episcopal District, AME Church], 1956. Pamphlet. 80p., staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, sunned along staple edge else very good. Includes a resolution in support of the Supreme Court's outlawing of school segregation. More
Cat.No: 212864
Come-Unity: the Storefront Paper. Volume 1, no. 5 (July 1972)
Los Angeles: Third World Unity Storefront, 1972. 8p. tabloid-format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Produced by the radical community center, with articles about Third World events, but mostly focusing on community organizing and local happenings. This issue devoted largely to Third World people in the American Revolution; cover depicts..... More
Cat.No: 181333
Commemoration Unity Rally: In honor of Dr. Huey P. Newton...
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1990. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side, horizontal crease, some foxing along the edge. Announces an event on the anniversary of Huey Newton's death, beginning with the placement of a wreath on the spot where he was shot. Speakers listed include..... More
Cat.No: 346568
The Commemorator. Vol. 1 no. 8 (August, 1991)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1991. 16p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor handling wear, 1.25 inch closed tear on front wrap through p8. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340834
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. 21 no. 2 (October 2011); 45th BPP...
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2011. Newspaper. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 276371
The Commemorator. Vol. 3 no. 12 (December 1993)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1993. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340922
The Commemorator. Vol. 3 no. 5 (March 1993)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1993. 20p., 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 Rodney King trial. More
Cat.No: 340925
The Commemorator. Vol. 3 no. 6 (April 1993)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1993. 20p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, sticker on front wrap announcing the upcoming Rodney King Trial Edition of the paper, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340923
The Commemorator. Vol. 3 no. 8 (August/September 1993)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1993. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340924
The Commemorator. Vol. 4 no. 1 (June 1994)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1994. 20p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, rubberstamp on front wrap, top corner of front wrap and next page dog-eared, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340921
The Commemorator. Vol. 4 no. 3 (December 1994)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1994. 20p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 221105
The Commemorator. Vol. 5 no. 1 (March 1995)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1995. 20p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340926
The Commemorator. Vol. 5 no. 4 (August 1995): Special Edition...
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1995. 4p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters, entirely focused on Mumia Abu Jamal's stay of execution. More
Cat.No: 340927
The Commemorator. Vol. 8 no. 3 (December 1998)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1998. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 340882
The Commemorator: Vol. 1 no. 9 (Sept./Oct. 1991)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 1991. 12p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, misfolded, wraps unevenly toned, pages evenly toned, else very good condition. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 345351
Community Control of Merritt
[Oakland, CA]: Coalition for Community Control], [1971]. Two mimeographed sheets stapled together at corner, faint fold crease. Issued during a student strike in the Fall of 1971 to protest plans to move the college (remembered for its role in the formation of Oakland's Black Panthers) out of the flatlands into..... More
Cat.No: 327809
Community Legal Defense Organization [handbill]
[Chicago]: the Organization, [1968]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed leaflet, very good. The Community Legal Defense Organization formed in April 1968 to provide bail money and legal defense to Black residents of Chicago who had been arrested in the civil unrest that erupted after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr...... More
Cat.No: 299925
Community Services Institute [3 items]
San Francisco: San Francisco State college, 1968. Ephemera. Three items pertaining to the implementation of work-study programs at San Francisco State College, lot includes two reports on work-study, corner-stapled, 21p., (Spring 1968) and 10p., (Summer 1968), and a summer staff listing; staples are a bit rusted, some minor toning, else..... More
Cat.No: 305886
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
Cops are hired to enforce the laws
San Francisco & Detroit: Peoples Press / Radical Education Project, [197-?]. [7p.] staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, printed from hand-lettered text illustrated with cartoons, very good condition. "Behind every cop is a millionaire, and the chairman of the board of every corporation you can name. They make a profit off of..... More
Cat.No: 110178
Cops are hired to enforce the laws
San Francisco & Detroit: Peoples Press / Radical Education Project, [197-?]. [7p.] staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, printed from hand-lettered text illustrated with cartoons, some foxing. "Behind every cop is a millionaire, and the chairman of the board of every corporation you can name. They make a profit off of working..... More
Cat.No: 345477
The Councilor: Vol. 10 no. 12 (July 28, 1973)
Shreveport, LA: the newspaper, 1973. [16p.], tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned else good condition. Single issue of the far-right newspaper, with articles on various communist and Jewish efforts to undermine the American Way, an article about Angela Davis as violent menace, etc. More
Cat.No: 201259
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New York: Anti-Defamation league, [1998]. Eight panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches on heavy stock illustrated with stills from the film, final panel is an order form for the ADL film library, very good. Concerns hate crimes against Jews, People of Color and Gays. More
Cat.No: 252659
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies...
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1992. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap with address crossed off in marker, else very good condition with flier advertising a fellowship opportunity laid in. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican..... More
Cat.No: 251016
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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