INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLACK COMMUNICATION
(1979)
Conference proceedings from the International Conference on Black Communication held at the Bellagio Study & Conference Center in Como, Italy, August 6-10, 1979.S
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THE CASE OF THE DEADLY TRIANGLE [A Leonard Robinson Mystery]
1975
Ayers' first novel, a pulp detective story "in the tradition of Perry Mason and Mike Hammer. But Leonard Robinson is Black, skilled in karate, and has a discipline and force all his own!"
TO DARNELL AND JOHNNY (Broadside No. 68)
1973
Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit.
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1965 [...] FLOWERS AT THE JACKSON FUNERAL HOME [...] X PRESSING FEELIN (Broadside No. 66)
1972
Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall. Three poems by Boyd, Barlow, and Figueroa, from an edition of 500 copies.
GHETTOS IN YOUR TOWN
(1967)
A study on urban slums and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.
DISCOVERY '69 [Program for Reading/Event - Monday April 28, 1969 for The Poetry Center at the 92nd St. YMCA]
1969
Program for a group reading held April 28th 1969 for winners of The Poetry Center's Discovery Prize (whose past recipients included Frank O'Hara and Mark Strand).
THE MIGRANT FARMER: A Psychiatric Study
(1965)
The report of a psychiatric study of a African-American migrant farworkers and their families in the American Southeast.
THE INNER CITY ROMANCE COMIC: "CHOICES" (No. 1)
(1972)
First issue of this explicit African-American themed comic following the adventures of three ex-convicts who take LSD after leaving jail. Notably the author, Colwell, is not African-American himself.
POEMS BY WALTER COX (Broadside No. 69)
1973
First edition of this handsomely printed broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall.
BLACK LIFE IN CORPORATE AMERICA: Swimming in the Mainstream
1982
Pioneering and influential work, whose findings would later be taught by the authors at the Yale School of Organization and Management.
SEGREGATION: Professional Ethics of the Berkeley Realty Board
[ca. 1961]
First edition of the detailed results of a 1961 'sting' operation, in which two committee members (one black, one white) posed as potential house buyers, provoking wildly different responses from realtors.
SPEND SAD SUNDAYS SINGING SONGS TO SASSY SISTERS
(1974)
Collection from this African-American poet.
BLACK BELT SCHOOLS: Beyond Desegregation
1965
A report on education and income opportunity in two predominantly African-American counties in the South: Burke County, Georgia and Edgefield County, South Carolina.
THE MARCH OF CIVIL RIGHTS: The Benjamin Hooks Story
2003
Biography of the famed civil rights leader and attorney.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS CONCERT GROUP
[circa 1952]
Concert program issued by Armstrong's management, with tentative song list ("Due to the ad lib quality of this music no formal program is possible.
EARTHQUAKES AND SUNRISE MISSIONS: Poetry and Essays of Black Renewal 1973 - 1983
1984
Inscribed first edition thus of this collection by the poet, critic, editor, and American Book Award winner.
SHE WASN'T EVEN A NURSE
(1974)
Memoir of Ella Payne Moran, former coordinator of the practical nursing program at Margaret Murray Washington Vocation High School, Washington, DC.
TOKEN DESEGREGATION AND BEYOND
1963
A report on continued efforts to prevent desegregation in Southern and border states, nine years on from the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v.
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK 1979 TO 1980
1979
Sixth annual Little Black Book, containing texts on inspiring Black leadership in business and politics along with a calendar of notable African-American history events on each day of the year.
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[Lot of Assorted Ephemera From the 1970 National Urban League Conference]
1970
Interesting collection of documents from the 60th annual conference of the National Urban League, an African-American civil rights organization.
LINKS COTILLION 1971
1971
Original program for the 1971 cotillion ball hosted by the Oakland-Bay Area chapter of The Links, an African American women's organization.
PAMOJA: Communication Through Togetherness / Volume II No. 1
[1977]
Monthly newspaper of the United Front / Collective of Black Students at Temple University, with poetry and short literary pieces alongside campus and world news.
[Two Real Photo Postcards of Cairo, Illinois Lynchings of William James and Henry Salzner]
(1909)
A pair of real photo postcards capturing the locale and immediate aftermath of the November 11, 1909 lynching of William James and Henry Salzner at the hands of a mob in Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.
KONCH No. 6 / Fall 1993
1990
In this issue: Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, Thulani Davis, J.J
KONCH Vol. 1 No. 2 / Spring 1990
1990
Second issue, featuring an interview with William Melvin Kelley by Reed and Quincy Troupe; Frank Chin on Amy Tan, David Hwang, and Maxine Hong Kingston; Cecil Brown on Driving Miss Daisy; poetry by Patricia Jones, E.
