New York: Dell, 1964. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
1964 2nd printing. Edge wear, faint toning.
141 pp. "A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's.....
Lowell: The Vox Populi Press. - Thompson & Hill. 1896. Hard Cover.
Stain to top corner of front board and frontispiece, front hinge weakening (title page loose but included).
xviii, 586 pp. The memoirs of the founder of the Hopedale Community, who advocated for pacifism, socialism, and abolition.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
xxi, 438 pp. A sweeping examination of the role of "Black Power" in the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City reveals the emergence of militancy and political consciousness in American sports.
New York: Signet, 1966. Mass Market Paperback.
Front wrapper lightly foxed, spine creased, rear wrapper creased, pages lightly toned.
viii, 429 pp. Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable stories of our time. This is a thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a......
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Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1909. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. An exceptional copy.
309, [5] pp. Frontispiece of Wendell Phillips, from a photograph by J.W. Black. An early volume from the collectible Lakeside Classic series, collecting four important speeches regarding the discussion of.....
New York: Delta, 1968. 10th Printing. Trade Paperback.
10th printing. Wrappers rubbed.
xv, 210 pp. "Soul On Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and.....
New York: Hill and Wang, 1999. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback.
Revised edition. Light smudge on front cover.
x, 246 pp. A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history. The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 hoped.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Bearden, Romare. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Faint blemishes to gilt on edges and to spine bands.
xxxv, 355 pp. Dark blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with the work of Romare Bearden, selected.....
New York: Signet, 1961. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback.
Reprint. Ex-library, ink underlining.
192 pp. A white male pigments his skin to appear black, and quickly realizes that black people are held to a different set of standards.
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Spot on top edge, otherwise near fine.
xx, 479 pp. Provides brief biographical sketches of women civil rights activists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and includes listings of bibliographical sources for each woman.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2006. Trade Paperback.
Revised and updated edition. Ink name on blurb page.
267 pp. "Completely revised and updated, a collection of recognizable scenarios contains racial components that suggest how we act toward one another on a day-to-day basis reveals the racial situations we all inevitably encounter.....
New York: One World, 2019. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Brand new from publisher.
"Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system.....
New York: Schocken Books, 1973. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. Covers lightly faded and rubbed.
x, 404 pp. A landmark work of women's history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner's best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimke explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become.....
New York: Da Capo Press, 1997. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
Spine creased and faded, minor repair to binding, ink gift note on front flyleaf.
xxiii, [3], 368, [6] pp. An examination of the re-election campaign and victory that eventually led to the abolition of slavery in the United States. Includes.....
New York: MR Press / Grove Press, 1967. Mass Market Paperback.
Crease to rear wrapper, faint stain.
130 pp. Originally published in the wake of the 1967 draft law, this book is a guide to citizen's rights in refusing or circumventing the draft.
New York: Associated Authors, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine lightly toned and lightly creased, boards lightly soiled, faint stain along page ridge.
256 pp. Blue boards. "Bernard Mandel's classic study provides a concise overview of the relationship between organized abolitionism and the fledgling labor movement.....
Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 2000. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
Faint sticker remnant on spine.
ix, [1], 336 pp., 14-page terminal publisher ad. Inspiration for the 2013 film. Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life.....
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2009. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fifth printing. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "1/7/09 To Soledad - with best wishes." A fine copy.
xvi, 175 pp. Pinn describes themes in the history of the Black Church as well as the major beliefs and.....
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., Publisher, 1891. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1891 reissue of 1856 original. Three inch tear to edge of title page, pages toned.
578 pp. Reid was an Irish-American author whose novels describe colonial policy, denounce slavery, and illuminate the ills faced by Native Americans. This is one.....
New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1993. Trade Paperback.
Wrapper edge lightly worn.
160 pp. An account of the Black press from the first Black newspaper to the integration of Black journalists into the mainstream of American journalism.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2014. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Wrapper edges lightly worn.
253 pp. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella.....
New York: Orbis Books, 1991. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Sixth printing. Spine toned, ink name on half-title page.
xv, 288 pp. Views the political role of Black religious institutions in America from historical and theological perspectives.
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1983. Second Edition. Trade Paperback.
Second edition, revised and enlarged. Rear cover and last few pages creased, smudge on last page.
xv, 288 pp. Views the political role of Black religious institutions in America from historical and theological perspectives.
New York: Orbis Books, 1980. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. Spine abraded in a few places, rear wrapper bumped.
ix, 657 pp. First published in 1979, this is the classic sourcebook for the emergence of Black Thelogy in the United States. Born out of the Civil Rights Movement and.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition in new facsimile jacket. First state binding (navy blue cloth, not grey). A couple light white spots on rear board, pencil name on front endpaper.
xi, [1], 359, [1] pp. 8vo. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. "Right from.....