african americana
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SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF NONVIOLENCE IN THE MONTGOMERY RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
Brookville, OH: Reprinted from Balanced Living, 1961. First Edition. 8vo. Single folded sheet. SIGNED by Stewart at front. Minor toning with crease through center. Very good. 4pp. Offprint from BALANCED LIVING (Dec. 1961) of a speech delivered at Quaker House in Chicago on March 15, 1956, concerning the Montgomery bus.....
NURNBERG MEMORIES [Cover Title - Photo Album of an African American Soldier Stationed in Germany]
[circa 1950]. Oblong 8vo. string-tied album. Embossed cognac leather over boards. Cover heavily worn along edges, with dry leather chipped and peeling away at corners. 24 leaves with spiderwebbed tissue guards, the first 16 of which have black and white photographs mounted recto and verso. One smaller photograph (2 x......
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK 1979 TO 1980
(New York): (NAACP / Jackie Robinson Foundation), 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Very good plus with light exterior rubbing, some toning throughout. 65pp. Sixth annual Little Black Book from the NAACP, containing texts on inspiring Black leadership in business and politics along with a calendar of notable.....
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[Lot of Assorted Ephemera From the 1970 National Urban League Conference]
New York: National Urban League, 1970. Four documents from 60th annual NUL conference in New York, all printed on 11" by 8.5" paper. Overall very good plus to near fine, with a few mild touches of toning and soil. Includes: a stapled "Bulletin" for the conference's first day (5 leaves);.....
![BUY A BRICK!!! SELL A BRICK !!! [Cover Title]. African-Americana, . Benjamin J. Davis Harlem...](/pictures/thumb/21414.jpeg?v=1561472891)
BUY A BRICK!!! SELL A BRICK !!! [Cover Title]
New York: [ca. 1964-1967]. Wraps. Small printed portfolio, 6.25" by 2.75" approx. Ten vouchers resembling money stapled in, each intended to represent "one dollar [and] one brick" towards the Center, with a brief note and quote from Davis printed inside the wrapper. Very good, with mild toning to one edge.....
![SEGREGATION: Professional Ethics of the Berkeley Realty Board [Cover Title]. African-Americana,...](/pictures/thumb/21425.jpeg?v=1561472894)
SEGREGATION: Professional Ethics of the Berkeley Realty Board [Cover Title]
Berkeley: Committee on Discrimination in Housing, [ca. 1961]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Near fine overall; the first half heavily toned with age, else clean throughout. [16] pp. Detailed results of a 1961 'sting' operation, in which two committee members (one black, one white) posed as potential house buyers.....
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['O'Mens Motorcycle Club Patches]
[Cleveland, OH]: [ca. 1980s]. Four fabric patches: one approx. 4" sewn logo design; three approx. 8" x 3" red fabric nameplates with black sewn lettering: "X-Rated," "Miss Giggles," and "Big Sexy." Patches appear removed from previous jacket mountings. Overall each clean, about very good. Four assorted patches from the 'O'Mens.....
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLACK COMMUNICATION
(Como, Italy): n.p., (1979). First edition thus. Ring_bound. 4to. Stiff paper covers in plastic comb binding. Comb has a few cracks and one missing ring. Edges sunned, moderate wear. Individual conference papers divided by manila tabs. Some corner creasing. Very good. Conference proceedings from the International Conference on Black Communication.....
SUMMER TIME HAIKU (Broadside No. 72)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. First Edition. 4to. Broadside printed recto only. 10.875" by 8.5" approx. Near fine with trivial touches of toning at edge. Sharp and clean. Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit. A single poem by Anderson, from an edition of 500 copies.
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[Archive of Original Paintings and Art]
[Laurel, MD]: (2000-2007). 28 works, ranging from 15” x 12 to 36” x 24, with most 24” x 20” approx. Various mediums, but most pencil, wood-burning pen, and poster paint on plywood. Generally very good or better. Willie Shepperson (1936-2014) was among the original students who on April 23rd, 1951.....
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THE CASE OF THE DEADLY TRIANGLE [A Leonard Robinson Mystery]
Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Mass market paperback. Moderate edgewear; spine ends scuffied; lower corner creased. Pages toned. INSCRIBED and dated on title page: "For Alice: Thank you for reading my book. Hope you enjoy it. / Ronald Ayers. 3-28-75." Very good. 224pp. Ayers'.....
TO DARNELL AND JOHNNY (Broadside No. 68)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. First Edition. 4to. Broadside printed recto only. 10.875" by 8.5" approx. About very good plus with moderate foxing to front. Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit. Written in tribute to two young Black men killed by police in Atlanta in Feburary.....
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1965 [...] FLOWERS AT THE JACKSON FUNERAL HOME [...] X PRESSING FEELIN (Broadside No. 66)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Broadside printed recto/verso, folded once vertically to make [4] pp., 8.5" by 5.5" approx. when folded. About very good, showing creases and touches of foxing to exterior panels. Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall. Three poems by Boyd, Barlow, and.....
GHETTOS IN YOUR TOWN
Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Council, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed, stapled, card wraps. With original mechanically reproduced sheet reading: "Mr. Mayor: / Can We Solve Our / Housing Dilemma?" stapled to front. Clean. About fine. A study on urban slums and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.....
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF STERLING A. BROWN
New York: Harper and Row, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Brown at the title page, "FOR ---- / With best wishes,/ Sterling A. Brown / DECEMBER 1980". Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn with spots of soil at rear. Interior.....
"WHAT HAPPENED AFTER YOU DESEGREGATED THE WHITE SCHOOL?"
Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Council, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Printed stapled wraps. Trace toning at edges. Otherwise clean, well preserved. An article which originally appeared in the Winter 1967 issue of New South magazine. The author condenses oral interviews with 20 different African American teenagers who were.....
GONNA FREE HIM (Broadside No. 57)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. Broadside printed recto only. 10.875" by 8.5" approx. Very good with moderate foxing to front and a minor curl to one corner. Broadside from this African-American literary press operated by Dudley Randall. A single poem by Clarke, from an edition of 500 copies.
DISCOVERY '69 [Program for Reading/Event - Monday April 28, 1969 for The Poetry Center at the 92nd St. YMCA]
New York: The Poetry Center, 1969. First Edition. 8vo. Single leaf, folded once to make [4]pp. Edgewear, some toning. Folded in half again. Nevertheless, very good. Program for a group reading held April 28th 1969 for winners of The Poetry Center's Discovery Prize (whose past recipients included Frank O'Hara and.....
THE MIGRANT FARMER: A Psychiatric Study
Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Council, (1965). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated, stapled, card wraps. Clean, sharp, unmarked.. Near fine. The report of a psychiatric study of a African-American migrant farworkers and their families in the American Southeast. Uncommon. 32pp.
HURL (Broadside Series No. 84)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Broadside printed recto only. 10.875" by 8.5" approx. Very good plus. Small crease to one edge; else about fine. Attractively printed broadside from this African-American press, operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit beginning in the mid-60s and throughout the 1970s. From an edition.....
THE INNER CITY ROMANCE COMIC: "CHOICES" (No. 1)
(Berkeley, CA): (Last Gasp Eco-Funnies Co.), (1972). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. A very good copy, with moderate wear and rubbing to covers; small chip to back cover; a bit toned throughout, but clean. First issue of this explicit African-American themed comic following the adventures of three.....
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LINKS COTILLION 1971 [Cover Title]
Oakland: The Links, Inc., 1971. Wraps. 4to. Original textured wraps with rainbow design. Spine and extremities toned. Minor edge-wear and small touches of soil. Spine creased. Interior clean. Tight. Very good. Program for the 1971 cotillion ball hosted by the Oakland-Bay Area chapter of The Links, an African American women's.....
POEMS BY WALTER COX (Broadside No. 69)
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. Broadside printed recto/verso, folded once vertically to make [4] pp., 8.5" by 5.5" approx. when folded. Very fine. Clean, fresh. Handsomely printed broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall. Four poems by Cox. From an edition of 500 copies.
THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE
(New York): Warner Books, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter imitation maroon cloth over yellow boards, in photographic dust jacket. About fine in a very near fine DJ. Trace edgewear. Interior bright, crisp, and clean. Binding tight – almost certainly unread. 338pp. Novel written by a female slave in.....
FREE SOULS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth. Near fine in very good plus jacket. Book has slight lean. Jacket unclipped with trace edgewear. DJ originally wrapped around book slightly off center. Inscribed and SIGNED by author Dahl to half title. Juvenile novel based on the events of.....