Offprint from BALANCED LIVING (Dec.

Sixth annual Little Black Book from the NAACP, 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.

Fundraising campaign for this Harlem-based communist bookstore and community center, named after the African-American politician and lawyer Ben Davis (1903-1964), a onetime member of the New York City Council and part of the Communist Party USA.

Four assorted patches from the 'O'Mens, an African-American Motocycle Club of Cleveland, Ohio.

Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit. A single poem by Anderson, from an edition of 500 copies.

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!"

Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall. Three poems by Boyd, Barlow, and Figueroa, from an edition of 500 copies.

From the National Poetry Series. An attractive volume from the noted writer and professor of African American studies.

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).

Attractively printed broadside from this African-American press, operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit beginning in the mid-60s and throughout the 1970s. From an edition of 500 copies.

Program for the 1971 cotillion ball hosted by the Oakland-Bay Area chapter of The Links, an African American women's organization.

Novel written by a female slave in the 1850s/1860s, here with extensive annotations by Gates and three appendices.

Broadside from this African-American press operated by Dudley Randall in Detroit. A single poem by Anderson, from an edition of 500 copies.