The Slave Power, Its Character, Career & Probable Designs
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] CAIRNES, John E.
Newton Abbott: David & Charles, [1976]. Reprint. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 410pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1863 edition. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight copy in lightly soiled, VG dustwrapper.
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Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa
by [AFRICA] NUNLEY, John W.
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (26cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxiv,281,[7]pp; illus. Some trivial wear to lower board edges, else Fine in a Near Fine, lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Scholarly volume illuminating "the vigorously creative traditions of Yoruba art in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and shows how the city's secret societies have made these traditions an integral part of life in urban West Africa" (from front flap).... Read More
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![Jackson, Missisippi: An American Chronicle of Struggle and Schism [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/474/1638474954.0.l.jpg)
Jackson, Missisippi: An American Chronicle of Struggle and Schism [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] SALTER, JR., John R.
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); maroon boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxii,[2],3-248pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For John + Mary Hellman / With admiration from several perspectives (including the chicken), and in solidarity / John R. Salter Jr." Light rubbing to spine ends and lower corner tips, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $10.00), shelfworn, with a hint of sunning... Read More
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![Black In Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr. [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/333/1631333764.0.l.jpg)
Black In Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr. [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] CHESTNUT, JR., J.L. and Julia Cass
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); blue paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; xvi,431,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "To Lucky / Her father had the right idea! / J.L. Chestnut Jr. / August 7, 1990." Spine ends gently nudged, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $22.95), with light surface wear and... Read More
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Tobias Raps
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] STEWART, JR., Tobias
[Macon, GA]: Macon Press Co, 1973. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); original white staplebound wrappers; [16]pp. Fine. Scarce, self-published volume of "experience poetry" by the native Atlanta author. Contents deal with issues of health ("Sickle Cell vs. High Blood"), the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("A Dream Turned Into a Nightmare?"), violence ("Why Kill Your Brother?"), and contraception ("Planned Parenthood"), among others. OCLC notes 4 holdings (Howard, Wake Forest, Brown, and Radford).
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![Excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" [In] Jewish Currents - Vol.17, No.7 (July-August, 1963)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/464/160/1518160464.0.l.jpg)
Excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" [In] Jewish Currents - Vol.17, No.7 (July-August, 1963)
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [CIVIL RIGHTS] KING, JR., Martin Luther (contributor)
New York: Jewish Currents, 1963. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. Light wear and handling, tiny stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Near Fine. Contents include UN correspondent David Matis's lengthy article "Birmingham Diary: A Reporter's Observations," which contained on-the-ground coverage of the SCLC's Birmingham Campaign. Couched within the article is a full-page excerpt of "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," Martin Luther King's eloquent assertion of the principles of non-violent resistance, which would... Read More
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] KING, JR., Martin Luther
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958 [1960]. Early Printing, with publisher's C-K code (March, 1960) on copyright page. Octavo (21cm); black and dark blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in silver on spine and lower front cover; [8],9-230,[2]pp; illus. Crown gently nudged, some very subtle offsetting to pastedowns, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. An attractive copy of King's first book, dealing chiefly with the Montgomery Bus Strike. "Here is the full... Read More
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The Worker - Special Issue (April, 1968)
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.] BLOICE, Carl, Gus Hall, and Bill Steber (contributors)
[New York: S.i.], 1968. First Edition. Bifolium (38cm); pictorial newsprint wrappers; 4pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, else a fresh, Fine copy. Memorial issue of The Worker, a weekend paper circulated between 1958-1968 after The Daily Worker ceased operations. Released in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, this issue contains an editorial titled "The Dream Is Indestructible," articles on King's aims, goals, and accomplishments, coverage of the outpouring of national grief, and concludes with "Dr. King's Legacy:... Read More
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Letters on Organization
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] JOHNSON, J.R. (pseud. of C.L.R. James)
Detroit: Facing Reality Publishing Committee, [1963]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets (rectos), saddle-stitched into yellow mimeographed card covers; 59pp. Light wear and dustiness to covers, ink date to upper right corner of front cover, with subtle toning to text edges; contents clean; Near Fine. A late work from Facing Reality, a small faction of C.L.R. James loyalists that remained following the split in the Johnson-Forrest Tendency in 1955. The group was led by Martin Glaberman in the... Read More
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Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WALKER, Kara
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2007. First Edition. Octavo (25cm); light brown cloth, with titling, text, and decorations stamped in dark brown on spine and covers; publisher's original printed band wrapped around the front cover; xii,418pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine example of the often-missing wraparound band, showing some mild surface wear. Lengthy catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, curated by Philippe Vergne for the Walker Art... Read More
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Native Education in the Union of South Africa: A Summary of the Commission on Native Education in South Africa - U.G. 53-1951
by [AFRICA] HARTSHORNE, K.B.
Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1953. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); stapled wrappers; 62pp. Light wear and scattered foxing to extremities, some oxidation to staples, else Very Good+. Covers criticisms of the then-current system for native education in South Africa, the aims of Bantu education, proposed schemes for the re-organization of Bantu education, and schemes of educational development for the period 1952-1962. Part of the Donaldson Blueprint Series.
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![[Offprint]. Moral Pedagogy. Reprinted from "Education," November, 1913](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/488/249/658249488.0.l.1.jpg)
[Offprint]. Moral Pedagogy. Reprinted from "Education," November, 1913
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] MILLER, Kelly
N.p.: [Washington, D.C.: by the Author], 1913. Offprint. Octavo. Staple-bound self-wrappers; [12]pp. Staples slightly rusty; light marginal soil; Very Good. Scarce offprint, detailing the imnportance of a moral curriculum in higher education, and outlining some possible approaches to its achievement. "Moral pedagogy...can not be stated, at present, in terms of as definite program as can the development of the other parallel faculties. The methods of atack are mainly oblique.
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Memorial of the Teachers of the Academic Faculty to the Board of Trustees, Howard University, Washington, D.C. November 15, 1924
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] [EDUCATION] MILLER, Kelly (contributor)
[Washington, D.C.]: S.i., 1924. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); beige printed wrappers, stapled; 12pp. Pamphlet is vertically folded at center, wrappers dusty, edgeworn, and nearly detached along spine fold; 7 brief passages marked in pencil; Good, complete copy. Summary of details regarding the salary scale for the academic faculty of Howard University, presented to their Board of Trustees. Includes extracts and correspondence from faculty to members of the board, including the full text of Dean Kelly Miller's letter to... Read More
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![C.L.R. James: A Political Biography [Uncorrected Proof Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/010/506/1338506010.0.l.jpg)
C.L.R. James: A Political Biography [Uncorrected Proof Copy]
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WORCESTER, Kent
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. First Edition. Publisher's tape-bound galley. Quarto (28cm); photo-mechanically reproduced galley sheets, bound with teal canvas tape; xvi,296,[1]pp. Holograph corrections (all in copy) throughout text. Crown gently bumped, mild handling and light wear, else Very Good+, with the publisher's review letter folded and laid in. Substantial political biography of James (1901-1989), one of the 20th century's foremost radical intellectuals, and author of the groundbreaking work The Black Jacobins. Scarce in this format.... Read More
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] HUGHES, Langston (text); DECARAVA, Roy (photographs)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Small octavo (18cm); original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 98pp; illus. Light dust-soil and edge wear to wrappers, gentle sunning and some moderate wear to spine; contents clean; Very Good. A striking volume, with text by Hughes, brought to life by DeCarava's now iconic black and white photographs of daily life in Harlem. An important Harlem document and a high spot of African American literature and photography.... Read More
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![Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/807/1690807082.0.l.jpg)
Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow [Signed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] LITWACK, Leon F.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Fourth Printing. Octavo (24cm); black paper spine over green paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; xxi,[3],4-599,[1]pp; black-and-white photographic (halftones) on 8 glossy pages. Signed by author on title page. Light shelf-wear, with trace soil to lower edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Carol Devine Carson, unclipped (priced $40.00), with light shelf-wear, and trace sticker residue to lower rear panel; Very Good+. Litwack's sequel to the... Read More
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Confrontation: Black and White
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] BENNETT, Lerone Jr.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 321pp; includes bibliography. An ex-library reading copy, with typical indications including shelf label, card pocket, and accession stamps. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to jacket; small nicks to upper edges; else textual unmarked copy in good dustjacket.
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The Negro Officer in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [MILITARY] MARTIN, Lt. Col. John T. (introduction)
[Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office], 1960. First Edition. Slim octavo (23.25cm); original printed card wrappers, stapled; iv,22,[2]pp. Sunning and wear along the spine-fold, ink initials to upper front wrapper, with one small pencil notation on p.2; Very Good+. A report prepared "primarily for the ROTC cadet, tomorrow's military leader, who at the end of his college training expects to enter the Armed Forces to undertake his part of the responsibility in maintaining the strength and independence of our... Read More
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![My Country and I: The Interracial Experiences of an American Negro with Essays on Interracial Understanding [Lengthily Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/446/558/1680558446.0.l.jpg)
My Country and I: The Interracial Experiences of an American Negro with Essays on Interracial Understanding [Lengthily Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] CHRISTIAN, Malcolm H.
New York: Exposition Press, 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [7],8-96pp. Signed by the author with his Chicago address at lower front pastedown (possibly one of his own copies), and lengthily inscribed by him on the front endpaper: "Jan. 6, 65 / To David M. Braggins / My autograph to you and yours / My last remembrance of you was as a toddling... Read More
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![The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North [Inscribed by Three Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/543/152/1638152543.0.l.jpg)
The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North [Inscribed by Three Contributors]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] FINLEY, Mary Lou, Bernard LaFayette Jr., James R. Ralph Jr., and Pam Smith (editors)
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2015. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,495,[9]pp. Inscribed by three contributors - Sherrilyn Bevel, Gail Schechter, and Pam Smith - opposite the title page. Security decal on p.11, faint finger-soil to right edge of textblock; Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, showing some minimal wear. Laid into this copy is a promotional flyer for a lecture and signing event at... Read More
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![Golden Book of Poems [alt. title "Golden Book of Original Contemporary Poems for Adults and Children"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/349/1544349375.0.l.jpg)
Golden Book of Poems [alt. title "Golden Book of Original Contemporary Poems for Adults and Children"]
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] JOHNSON McHENRY, Martha; Eideen Molloy, illus
New York: Vantage Press, [1985, 1990]. Second Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket; [8],55pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket spine a bit sunned, light soil to rear panel, else Fine. Collection of poems for children by the African American San Francisco-based educator.
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Black Panther Assassinated - Fred Hampton, 1948-1969
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY] MORRIS, Mark (design)
Detroit: People Against Racism, [1970]. First Edition. Original illustrated poster, with text and photographic portrait of Hampton offset printed in black and dark green on white stock, measuring 44.5cm x 57cm (17.5" x 22.5"). Light wear and a few thin strips of toning to extremities, two old folds smoothed out, with a few tiny edge tears, and some toning to upper half on verso; unbacked; Very Good+. Attractive copy of this poster issued in the months following the... Read More
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![The Antislavery [Anti-Slavery] Vanguard: New Essays on the Abolitionists](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/798/341/471341798.0.l.0.jpg)
The Antislavery [Anti-Slavery] Vanguard: New Essays on the Abolitionists
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] DUBERMAN, Martin (ed)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 508pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight copy, with no other markings to boards or text. Lacks jacket.
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![Freedom Song: A Personal Story of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/772/333/1631333772.0.l.jpg)
Freedom Song: A Personal Story of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] KING, Mary
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); beige paper-covered boards and dark grey cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-592pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Max Kennedy / "We'll never turn back" / Mary King." Old splash marks affecting upper half of front pastedown, faint foxing to text edges, though contents are clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $22.95), with light surface wear, some... Read More
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![Jubilee [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/343/025/1502025343.0.l.jpg)
Jubilee [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WALKER, Margaret
New York: Bantam Books, 1967. Reprint. Octavo (17.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; xvi,416pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page in 1992. Subtle tanning to text edges (as usual), else Fine. Walker's only novel, which had been her doctoral dissertation. "Jubilee is a realistic story of a slave family set before, during, and after the Civil War, based on the tales her grandmother had told her. It traces the life of the daughter of a white plantation owner and... Read More
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