IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
(1965)
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
Civil Rights
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MARCH: A Novel
2005
Bright inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel, telling the story of the March sisters' father from LITTLE WOMEN during the Civil War.
IF WE MUST DIE
1963
First edition of this novel about an African American Korean War veteran's experiences of violence while trying to exercise his right to vote in the segregated South.
A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
1962
First edition of William Melvin Kelley's first novel, the story of an exodus of the Black population from a fictional Southern US American state after a traumatic event.
'SIPPI
1967
First printing of this voting rights and Black Power book, by one of the co-founders of the Harlem Writers Guild and a major mid-century author of protest novels.
THE HELP
(2009)
Signed first edition of this story of three women in mid-century Mississippi struggling against their roles, adapted into an Oscar-winning film.
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