Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A later book by this Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans (founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers - OIC), and as an anti-Apartheid activist. It begins in 1971 when he attended the first meeting of the Board of General Motors as a member - the first Black man to hold such a position in the US, and it also focuses on the development of what became known as the "Sullivan Principles" which used the economic strength of US corporations to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. Illustrated with photographs. foreword by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr, list of abbreviations. Index. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-817012893.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1999). A wide-ranging general history of African Americans in the land West of the Mississippi, "beginning with Esteban, a black slave who accompanied a party of Spanish explorers in Texas and the Southwest in the 1500s, [and including] the experiences of black explorers, black mountain men, black cowboys, buffalo soldiers, and black women who joined clubs and "progressive associations" and helped found all-black towns.. . Includes discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party" Illustrated with photographs, maps, extensive notes, bibliography and index. 415 pp. ISBN: 0-393318893.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2002). First edition - "In the first half of the twentieth century, pro basketball was tainted by racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents. Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl Lloyd, early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell, and the leagues first black coaches." Includes a list of the Black players from 1950-1965, notes. 262 pp plus 12 pp of photographs.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first biography of the man who served with distinction in the Colored Troops during the Civil War (losing in his arm), was a teacher,lawyer and journalist, and then betrayed his race by writing one of the most insulting attacks on African Americans ever published - the 1901 book 'The American Negro.' Hardcover review copy with publisher's material laid in. Appendices, notes, index, 386 pages. ISBN: 0-8203-21303.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1946.). Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a young African American girl growing up in North Dakota after her family moved there in 1914. 300 pp.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2020). SIGNED first edition - The story of a group of young African American men and women who defy stereotypes and reconnect with the long history of Black cowboys in the West. The Compton Jr Posse was founded by Mayisha Akbar in 1998 to provide a safe alternative to the streets. This account is based on a year which the author, a NY Times reporter from Compton himself, spent with the group, SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp

Chicago: Urban Research Institute, (1984, c 1981) dj. Hardcover - A book which presents the African American Chicago community through the personal experiences of Dempsey Travis (a businessman, jazz musician and civil rights activist, as well as author), his family, and his fellow Chicagoans. . . "a comprehensive, intimate story of African Americans in Chicago, starting with John Baptiste Point du Sable, who was the first non-Native American to settle on the mouth of the Chicago River" to current events. Illustrated with many photographs. Sources, index. xix, 379 pp. ISBN: 0-941484009.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Folklorist Turner covers the prevalent rumors of the African -American community, from whispers of cannibalism in the 1600s to conspiracy theories today. Includes a bibliography whose sources range from anthropologists to contempory songs and movies. Notes, index. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-520-081854.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. The conclusion reached by this book: 'A year later, we are a year closer to being two societies, black and white, increasingly separate and scarcely less unequal.' References. 122 pp

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN: 0-684-867486.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A project of The Obsidian Society, edited and with an Introduction by Kelvin Shawn Sealey. Includes conversations with Harry Belafonte, Bill Bradley, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., and the Reverend Dr. James M. Washington, Wynton Marsalis, Patricia Williams, Haki Madhubuti, and Maya Angelou. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; preface by Cornel West and the poem "Catch The Fire" by Sonia sanchez. Notes on the contributors, photograph. xx, 226 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-09423.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Johnnetta B. Cole. Autobiography of this writer who grew up in segregated Memphis, through her activism and arrest in the civil rights movement, to her position as professor at Spelman College. One photograph at beginning of book. xi, 276 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-90229.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book Walker spent 10 years in the writing, this is perhaps her most personal book yet. The story of the making of the film "Color Purple" and of the changes in her life. SIGNED by Walker. Index. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814196.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, 1997. SIGNED - A book Walker spent 10 years in the writing, this is perhaps her most personal book yet. The story of the making of the film "Color Purple" and of the changes in her life. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-671-003771.

San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A small book printed by a small San Francisco press - it contains 2 of Walker's stories ("Roselily" and "Am I Blue) and an excerpt from "The Color Purple" and a discussion of how frequently attempts have been made to censor Walker's works. ISBN: 1-879960478.

New York: Bradbury Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The history of African Americans in Mississippi told by this award-winning author in a major, two-part work of nonfiction - the first covering the period through slavery, reconstruction and the Jim Crow era, the second focusing on the civil rights era, and the drive for voter registration. Whenever possible, the story is told in the words of the participants. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs, map of Mississippi. Ssource notes, bibliography, index, xv, 205 pp. ISBN: 0-02-7923010.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book - a combination of travel writing, memoir and history. ISBN: 0-679-446001.

New York: Dutton (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this journalist, who with a bicultural heritage - he was born of an African American mother and Congolese father and reared in California, Boston, Tanzania, and the Congo - which offers an "evenhanded and encyclopedic examination of the facts and fictions that have grown on both sides of the Atlantic." Notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 384 pp. ISBN: 0-525-943870.

New York: Heritage Press, (1970). Hardcover - A handsome edition of this classic book, originally published in 1901, with an introduction by Booker T. Washington III and full color illustrations by Denver Gillen, While Washington wrote many other books, this remains his most popular book and one of the most influential books of the early years of the 20th century - and one which has remained in print, and valued ever since . Born a slave in Virginia, Washington went on to become head of Tuskegee Institute, where he emphasized training in practical skills. Includes a chronology. Slightly oversized, bound in brown cloth with illustration pasted on front cover. The Sandglass is tipped onto the front endpaper. xxi, 212 pp.

Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, (1972). First edition - Foreword by John W. Blassingame. In addition to being a brief biographical account, this also discusses the opposition to some of his ideas - especially his encouragement of Black Americans to "go slow" in pursuit of their rights - by Charles Chesnutt and W. E. B. DuBois. Illustrated with photographs. Includes an appendix with the full text of his 1895 Atlanta Speech. Suggestions for further reading. 78 pp.

Ft. Bragg, CA: QED Press, 1994. First edition - Winner of the 1994 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. "His manuscripts were destroyed, his typewriter seized, his life threatened, but Jerome Washington wouldn't stop writing." Vietnam veteran (a medic from 1960-62), anti-war activist and writer, Washington was imprisoned in Attica and Green Haven for over 16 years - from 1972 to 1989. 159 pp.

New York: Vintage Books, (1995). SIGNED - Winner of the 1994 Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. "His manuscripts were destroyed, his typewriter seized, his life threatened, but Jerome Washington wouldn't stop writing." Vietnam veteran (a medic from 1960-62), anti-war activist and writer, Washington was imprisoned in Attica and Green Haven for over 16 years - from 1972 to 1989. SIGNED on the first page. Index of named places. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-679-764054.

Boston: Beacon, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a review of the historical data and myths regarding interracial marriages and presents the conclusions that more such marriages would be good for America. Notes, index. 358 pages. ISBN: 0-8070-41726.

New York: New Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The first book to present the views of leading African American judges on the way our judicial system works. From pioneers such as Leon Higginbotham and Constance Baker Motley (the first black female federal judge) to such outspoken and well-known mavericks as Bruce Wright, the testimony of these judges provides penetrating analysis of the role of the jurist, of the daily malfunctioning of the courts, and of the future of the judicial system itself." They expose many of the injustices of our current system. xxiv, 265 pp. ISBN: 1-565841042.

Washington, D.C.: Oct, 1972. First edition - Illustrations, graphs & maps and notes. 214 pgs.

Chicago: Path Press, Inc. 1987. Hardcover first edition - Although this book includes a brief history of the African American press from its' start in 1827, much of the material is based on the author's long career in journalism. Introduction by St. Clair Drake. 520 pgs, index.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American actress and singer's second autobiography, focusing on her later and more spiritual years. Illustrated with photographs (including several of the young Waters by Carl Van Vechten). introduction by Eugenia Price and Joyce Blackburn. Dust jacket praise by Dale Evans Rogers. Printed signature and inscription on title page (often mistaken for the real thing.) Editor's note on the 'performance highlights' of her career. 162 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1972.). African American actress and singer's second autobiography, focusing on her later and more spiritual years. Illustrated with photographs (including several of the young Waters by Carl Van Vechten). introduction by Eugenia Price and Joyce Blackburn. Dust jacket praise by Dale Evans Rogers. Facsimile signature and inscription on title page (often mistaken for the real thing.) Editor's note on the 'performance highlights' of her career. 162 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American actress and singer's second autobiography, focusing on her later and more spiritual years. Illustrated with photographs (including several of the young Waters by Carl Van Vechten). introduction by Eugenia Price and Joyce Blackburn. Dust jacket praise by Dale Evans Rogers. Printed signature and inscription on title page (often mistaken for the real thing.) Editor's note on the 'performance highlights' of her career. 162 pp.