Black Thunder
James, Allan
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.
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
Cat.No: 194214
New York: Ramit Pub. 1976. Newspaper. 32p., very good tabloid newspaper on newsprint, gay, semi-pornographic NYC tabloid featuring erotic stories, b&w nude photos, sex ads, services, personals etc. Centerfold poster. All-Black, All Big!!! More
Cat.No: 312997
Berkeley: Co-sponsors, Americans for Democratic Actions (Campus Chapter) Student Peace Union, in cooperation with Turn Toward Peace, Congress of Racial Equality, [c197-?]. Handbill. 8.5x13.5 inch handbill, middle fold; faint toning on one edge, otherwise in very good condition. List of speakers include Rev. John Washington (Freedom Rider and member of..... More
Cat.No: 313611
New York: Harlem Young Workers Liberation League, 1971. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. Announces a fundraising dance at the Renaissance Ballroom. The YWLL was the Communist Party's youth group. More
Cat.No: 267274
[New York]: ANA Chapter, CSAE Local 1707, AFSCME AFL/CIO, 1969. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed on green paper, lightly fold-creased else good condition. 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..... More
Cat.No: 187554
New York: Minority Task Force On AIDS/Lex Graphics Design, 1989. Pamphlet. Very good six panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches on glossy stock. The Task Force formed in 1985 for People of Color with HIV/AIDS. The brochure also mentions C.O.P.E. More
Cat.No: 319008
[Berkeley?]: [Revolution Books], [1990?]. 23 8.5x11 inch sheets, printed single side, light stain on front cover else very good condition. Contains an interview with an imprisoned African American leader of the RCP, reprinted from three 1990 issues of the Revolutionary Worker. More
Cat.No: 128175
[Los Angeles]: Peace Press, 1971. 16p. staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 344258
Chicago: the Call, [1980]. Four-panel tabloid newspaper format brochure, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 237146
New York: The Dreams Company/Raydell Publishing, 1981. 16p., 9x12 inch playbill from the show, profusely illustrated with color and b&w photos, lightly worn else very good condition in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 147967
San Francisco: San Francisco State University, 1998. Spiral_bound. v, 40p., spiralbound, 12x8 inches landscape format, very good condition. Schedule of events for the 30th anniversary celebration laid in. More
Cat.No: 286232
New York: Young Communist League, 1990. 15p., newsprint magazine, evenly toned else very good condition. Official bimonthly publication of the YCL junior branch of the CPUSA. Articles in this issue include Michael McGarry on the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins, a review of the movie "Glory," and unrelated pieces..... More
Cat.No: 123322
Washington: U.S. Department of Labor, [196-?]. Pamphlet. iii, 32p., stapled wraps, 6x9.25 inches, date stamped on frotn wrap, scattered pencil underlining else good condition. More
Cat.No: 99092
New York: Young People's Socialist League, [1976]. Four panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, date penciled on rear panel, otherwise very good condition. More
Cat.No: 288005
Berkeley: University of California Inst. for Journalism Education, 1990. Pamphlet. [8p] includes covers, 6x9 inches, the program, application & selection, costs, application form bound in, very good booklet in stapled black glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 285712
Atlanta: Conference on Education and Race Relations, 1938. Pamphlet. 8 page pamphlet, 9x6 inch wraps, staples have a touch of rust and the outer corners are slightly bent; a very good copy. Outlines local programs in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama. More
Cat.No: 178943
La Habana: Editorial José Martí, 2004. Paperback. 192p., snapshot photos scattered throughout, text entirely in Spanish. Softbound first edition paperback original in 7.5x4.5 inch trade wraps; slight edgewear, a very good copy. The Cuban Five. Alice Walker's introduction (no translator credited) runs to eight pages; she compares their incarceration to..... More
Cat.No: 168522
Española, NM: El Grito del Norte, 1972. Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, text in English and Spanish, evenly toned, ex-library with label on front wrap, else very good condition. Cover illustration of Emiliano Zapata. Articles on the murders of Chicano activists Antonio Cordova and Rito Canales by police, Cuba..... More
Cat.No: 296921
Española, NM: El Grito del Norte, 1972. 24p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, text in English and Spanish, evenly toned, otherwise very good condition. Cover illustration of Emiliano Zapata. Articles on the murders of Chicano activists Antonio Cordova and Rito Canales by police, Cuba, the Soledad brothers, Puerto Rico's fight for..... More
Cat.No: 296922
Las Vegas, NM: El Grito del Norte, 1973. Newspaper. 15p., folded tabloid newspaper, illus., text in English and Spanish, misfolded, evenly toned, ex-library with rubberstampon front wrap, else very good condition. Cover story on Larry Casuse, a Native American activist who was killed when he and Robert Nakatinae abducted Gallup..... More
Cat.No: 296930
Las Vegas, NM: El Grito del Norte, 1973. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, illus., text in English and Spanish, evenly toned, ex-library with pen notation and rubberstamp on front wrap, bottom corner of front wrap dog-eared, else good condition. Cover story on a strike by Chicano workers employed by the..... More
Cat.No: 296931
[La Paz, Bolivia]: Gobierno Municipal, [1992]. [15p.], staplebound photoreproduced pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Text in Spanish. On the Black community in Bolivia, descended from slaves brought in the 16th century. Cover blurb quotes graffiti from Quito: “White men send black men to fight with brown men to defend the..... More
Cat.No: 231199
Oakland: n.pub. c197-? Pamphlet. [4p.], campaign brochure, slight handling, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 295140
[San Francisco Bay Area]: Committee for Justice for Jerrold Hall and John Henry Owens, [1993]. 8.5x11 inch photoreproduced handbill, very good. The Committee was a Spartacist League front group. Asks the reader to use the publicity of the verdict in the second trial of LAPD officers to draw attention to..... More
Cat.No: 336456
Washington DC: GPO, 1970. pp. 333-477, wraps lightly worn, else very good condition. "Bills to assist school districts to meet special problems incident to desegregation in elementary and secondary schools and to provide financial assistance to improve education in racially impacted areas, and for other purposes." More
Cat.No: 197006
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