THE EMPTY SCHOOLHOUSE
(1965)
Inscribed first edition of this 1960s narrative about a young Black girl during desegregation in Louisiana.
African American subject
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FREE SOULS
1969
Inscribed first edition of this juvenile novel based on the events of the Amistad.
DEAR CORINNE, TELL SOMEBODY! LOVE, ANNIE
(1999)
Inscribed first printing of this book by a major figure in the Black Arts Movement about the importance of talking to grown-ups about "problems [that] might be too big for a kid to handle alone," particularly sexual abuse.
HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?
(1967)
First printing of Fox's second novel, a Black child's odyssey through Brooklyn.
Harlem YA Trilogy: THE FRIENDS, RUBY, and EDITH JACKSON
(1973); (1976); (1978)
First editions, two signed, following three Black teenage girls growing up in Harlem, including the first YA novel to narrate a lesbian relationship and, in another, the heroine's choice to get an abortion.
The Complete Justice Cycle Trilogy: JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS; DUSTLAND; THE GATHERING
(1978)
First printings of the groundbreaking YA science fiction trilogy about a group of Black children in Ohio who learn that they have psychic powers.
AN EXCERPT FROM ARILLA SUN DOWN
(1976)
Promotional booklet issued by Greenwillow Press for Hamilton's book ARILLA SUN DOWN, her next book after becoming the first Black author to win the Newbery Medal with M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT.
WILLIE BEA AND THE TIME THE MARTIANS LANDED
(1983)
First edition, first printing, recounting one girl's response to Orson Welles's famous broadcast, by the celebrated writer whose book M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT was the first by a Black author to win the Newbery Medal.
SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH
(1982)
First printing of the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King award-winner, with jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon.
HAVE A HAPPY...
(1989)
Signed first printing of this novel of Kwanzaa holiday cheer, with bookstore label from the Denver-based African American bookstore Hue-Man Experience on rear panel.
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