Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1979.). An account of this 1930s case and the issues it raised - radicalism, racism, and operation of the Southern court system- as well as what it meant to nine black young men whose lives were changed forever by one morning's ride on an Alabama freight train. Photographs, index. xii, 479 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-04981.

New York: Basic Books, 1995.

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Macalaster Park Publishing Co, (c 1939). A very early printing of this little booklet which describes the friendship between Dr Carver and the author, a biography which focuses on the spiritual side of Carver, more than his accomplishments as a scientist, botanist, educator and inventor. Indicates thirtieth thousand on the title page. 64 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cary's first book, a highly praised memoir about her years at a formerly all-male New England prep school - where she was pushing the barriers as both black and female - and also about her return to that school as a teacher. ISBN: 0-394-574656.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cary's first book, a highly praised memoir about her years at a formerly all-male New England prep school - where she was pushing the barriers as both black and female - and also about her return to that school as a teacher. ISBN: 0-394-574656.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1984.). Hardcover first edition - Number 3 in the series "Grass Roots Perspectives on American History" - An introduction to the roots of American racism, with chapters on migration, the Klan, Jim Crow, lynching, Harlem Renaissance, segregation in baseball, busing, etc. Index. xxxv, 253 pp.,. ISBN: 0-313-213240.

New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Memoir of a young African American girl's coming-of-age in Brooklyn during the 70's. SIGNED on the title page. The author's first solo book. ISBN: 1-57322-0302.

New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Memoir of a young African American girl's coming-of-age in Brooklyn during the 70's. SIGNED on the title page. The author's first solo book. ISBN: 1-57322-0302.

Salt Lake City: Brigham University Press, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs, bibliography, index. 304 pgs.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the founder of the largest black law firm in Alabama. Born in 1930, he was involved in the struggle for civil rights from the time of the marches in 1965 and afterwards. A picture of an important era, of one man's history, and of the politics of a small southern town. Photographs, map, index. xiii, 432 pp. ISBN: 0-374-114048.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.). First edition - Autobiography of the founder of the largest black law firm in Alabama. Born in 1930, he was involved in the struggle for civil rights from the time of the marches in 1965 and afterwards. A picture of an important era, of one man's history, and of the politics of a small southern town. . xiii, 397 pp. plus 3 pp list of photographs for the final version, but which are not included in this ARC.

Van Nuys, CA: Bible Voice, (1977). First edition - "The True Story Behind the Most Shocking Conversion in This Century
George Otis" - from Black Panther activist to born-again Christian - although there is a note on the copyright page that "this book has been prepared with neither the assistance nor the approval of Mr. Cleaver." Photographs. Endnotes. 196 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1975) dj. Hardcover - Two black psychiatrists address the special challenges facing black parents in a racist society. Suggested readings, index. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-671219022.

New York: Doubleday, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cosby's first book - both funny and wise. Introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cosby's third book, one which seems ironical in view of his conviction for sexual assault. Introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-312246641.

New York: Berkley, 1987. Cosby's first book - both funny and wise. Introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1977. Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, this is a comprehensive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, extensive notes, subject and title indexes. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5021304.

Freeport, NY: Books for Libaries Press, 1971. Hardcover - A work by this pioneering Black education and activist, originally published in 1896. Includes a brief biographical sketch by Edward L. Parks, and talks given by Crogman over the 13 years preceding publication, all related to "the race of which I am a member" as he noted. Among the subjects are Frederick Douglass, Bishop Atticus Haywood, the 26th and the 32nd anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation, and Negro education, needs and claims. xxiii, 330 pp.

New York: Viking, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A powerful memoir about the complicated but ultimately loving relationship between a black daughter and her white mother. . a portrait of a childhood spent in two very different worlds: one white, one black. In 1957, when June Cross was four years old, she was sent by her white mother to live with a black family in Atlantic City." INSCRIBED on the half title page "To-- stay strong, keep the faith!" Photographs. 304 pp. Author's business card laid in. ISBN: 0-67088555X.

New York: Pantheon, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, a collection of essays on race, sex, politics, art, jazz and blues, history and also Duke Ellington, Albert Murray, John Ford and films, and Ralph Ellison. Index. viii, 321 pp. ISBN: 0-375401539.

New York: Pantheon, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of speeches, essays and reviews on topics ranging from the US constitution to jazz and American and African American literature. Index. xvii, 267 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-679442022.

New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a town in Florida of middle-class hardworking black men and women, which was attacked by a mob of rampaging whites in 1923 and totally destroyed - a subject treated in somewhat fictionalized form in the movie 'Rosewood." Illustrated with photographs. Index, notes and sources. 373 pages. ISBN: 0-399141472.

New York: Kensington, 2000. First edition - Black women from all walks of live share their experiences with growing up, date rape, abortion, money, sex, racism, soul food, spirituality and much more. 302 pages. ISBN: 1-57566-653-7.

New York: Scholastic, (1986). Biography of the great civil rights leader for older children. Illustrated with photographs. 127 pp. ISBN: 0-590412914.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. dj. Hardcover - Autobiography of the first black West Point graduate in this century who was also the first black assigned to the Army Air Corps. He went on to lead the 332d Fighter Group - the Tuskegee Airmen - during WWII., and had a distinguished career, eventually retiring as a 3 star general. Nevertheless he and wife also had to battle discrimination and segregation not only in civilian life, but on military bases. Foreword by L. Douglas Wilder, governor of Virginia. Photographs, index. x, 442 pp. ISBN: 0-87474-7422.

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The history of 60 years of the black community in Fulton, Virginia, and especially of the people in that community - children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of slaves, hard-working, thrifty and proud. The author was sent to this town in the early 70's as a community service worker, and in this book he recounts the ways in which urban renewal destroyed this community. Bibliography. 222 pages. ISBN: 0-8131-16449.

London: Oxford University Press, 1957. The publication of three lectures on apartheid, its original purpose and moral foolishness.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A republication in their entirety, in one volume, of the 'Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party' by the African American physician and abolitionist, M. R. Delaney and the report made by his companion on that trip, the young Jamaican naturalist Robert Campbell: 'A Pilgrimage to My Motherland: An Acount of a Journey Among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60. Introduction by Howard H. Bell. Map endpapers. 250 pp.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A republication in their entirety, in one volume, of the 'Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party' by the African American physician and abolitionist, M. R. Delaney and the report made by his companion on that trip, the young Jamaican naturalist Robert Campbell: 'A Pilgrimage to My Motherland: An Acount of a Journey Among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60. Introduction by Howard H. Bell. Map endpapers. 250 pp.