The Negro Novel in America
Yale University Press, January 1968. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; dampstained on rear; overall, a sturdy copy of an important study. More
African-American Studies
Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65
Simon & Schuster, January 1999. Trade Paperback. In "Pillar of Fire," the second volume of his "America in the King Years" trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, "Parting the Waters," won the Pulitzer Prize for History. "Pillar of Fire" covers the far-flung..... More
The Passion of My Times: An Advocate's Fifty-Year Journey in the Civil Rights Movement
Da Capo Press, October 2004. Hardcover. More
The omni-Americans: Some alternatives to the folklore of white supremacy
Vintage Books, January 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Becoming
Crown Publishing Group (NY), November 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER - ONE OF ESSENCE'S..... More
A Nickel and A Prayer
Parthenon Press / Eli Kani Publishing Co., 1940. Reprint. Cloth. Scarce in jacket. Second printing. Octavo. In dustjacket with edgewear, especially at top and bottom of sun-tanned spine. Tape repairs to torn back panel of jacket. Tape is darkened and cracking from years (no doubt decades) in place. Turquoise cloth..... More
The American Negro Revolution
Indiana University Press, January 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Becoming
Crown Publishing Group (NY), November 2018. Hardcover. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST..... More
Fight Against Fear: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights
University of Georgia Press, April 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. In the uneasily shared history of Jews and blacks in America, the struggle for civil rights in the South may be the least understood episode. "Fight against Fear" is the first book to focus on Jews and African Americans in that..... More
The Children
Random House, March 1998. Hardcover. The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong..... More
LIFE MAGAZINE; SEPTEMBER 11, 1970; Vol. 69, No. 11 - WANTED BY THE FBI: ANGELA DAVIS (COVER)
TIME INC., September 1970. Stapled Magazine. Ten & 1/4-inch x Thirteen-inch; Folio; Stapled (3-staples) magazine, published weekly. Some rubbing, user wear and light creases of front fore-edge corners top & bottom. Back cover top corner has somewhat worse creasing. Sticker scar & residue from subscriber label removal. Stapled edge has..... More
Mr. Potter: A Novel
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A great writer's lush, panoramic new novel: the story of an ordinary man, his century, and his home. Jamaica Kincaid's first obsession, the island of Antigua, comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr. Potter, an illiterate taxi chauffeur who..... More
The Harlem Renaissance Re-Examined (Georgia State Literary Studies : No 2)
AMS Press, March 1988. Cloth. In dustjacket with darkened/sunned spine & mild edgewear. Jacket nicked top edge at fold. Ochre cloth boards with black lettering spine edge. Tight binding. Light tan stains fore-edge. Clean interiors. More
Black Panthers 1968
Greybull Press, October 2002. First Edition. Cloth. In 1968, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover vilified the Black Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States." That same year photographers Pirkle Jones and wife, Ruth-Marion Baruch, documented the Black Panthers for an exhibition at the De..... More
Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, April 1998. Paper Back. In these five pieces (which she gave as the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC) Patricia J. Williams asks how we might achieve a world where color doesn't matter - where whiteness is not equated with normalcy and blackness with exoticism and..... More
The Hellfighters of Harlem: African-American Soldiers Who Fought for the Right to Fight for Their Country
Basic Books, October 2002. Hardcover. Their distinguished World War I record featured the longest front line service of any American regiment, with not a soldier captured or a foot of ground lost. They were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine River. Their distinguished Private Henry Johnson was awarded..... More
From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
PM Press, October 2012. Paper Back. Expanded and updated with new photographs and stories, this autobiography of one of the Angola Three traces the life of Robert Hillary King from his early days in Louisiana, through a troubled adolescence, a conviction that kept him behind bars for decades, his relationship..... More
Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm
Routledge, May 2000. Hardcover. Discover how human services professionals can help to eliminate cultural oppression!Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm presents a new way of understanding human behavior, attacking social problems, and exploring social issues. This excellent guide shows that understanding the simultaneous forces of oppression and spiritual alienation in..... More
African American Odyssey Media Research Update, Combined Volume, The (2nd Edition)
Prentice Hall, February 2004. Hardcover. 'The African-American Odyssey' is a clear and comprehensive narrative of African-American history, from its African roots to the 21st century. This text places African-American history at the centre, and in the context, of American History. The Media and Research update edition includes a new CD-ROM-bound..... More
Black adult development and aging
Cobb & Henry, January 1989. Trade Paperback. Ex-Library. There is a 1.5 inch x 3 inch scrape on the front cover (where a sticker was removed). Library stamp and light soiling on the edges of the print block. More
The Black Male in America: Perspectives on His Status in Contemporary Society
Nelson-Hall, January 1977. Hardcover. 2nd printing in tattered jacket. Interior is clean & solid. Boards likewise. Chips and tears especially along top edge of dust jacket. Bottom corner of page 333/334 was cut wrong at printer. Good to very good starter copy of uncommon hardcover. More
The Colonel's Dream
Mnemosyne, January 1969. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. Ink underlining and previous owner's name inked on f.f.e.p. More
After '-Yuh mamma'
Seals, January 1972. Stapled Soft Cover. 42 pages. No markings. Solid. Several previous dealer price stickers on cover. Else clean & very good+ all around. More
Metanoia conversion: The need for the Black church
AMEC, January 1977. Soft Cover. Shelf wear. More
Negotiating Difference: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Positionality (Black Literature and Culture)
University of Chicago Press, March 1995. Hardcover. Encamped within the limits of experience and authenticity, critics today stake out their positions according to race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, and vigilantly guard against any incursions into their privileged territory. In this book, Michael Awkward raids the borders of contemporary criticism..... More
