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OUR TIME IS NOW: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2020) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "offers a blueprint to end voter suppression -about how and why we fight for our democracy and win." After her loss in the gubernatorial election in Georgia. Abrams has become a leader in organizing voter education campaigns and get out the vote efforts to increase representation by all people, but especially young voters of color. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-1250257703.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 87119More details Price: $60.00 -
WE ARE OVERCOME: Thoughts on Being Black in America.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Irreverent essays dissecting the current state of affairs between blacks and whites by this black female political/social humorist. ISBN: 0517597594.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 16015More details Price: $12.50 -
THE EDUCATION OF A BLACK RADICAL: A Southern Civil Rights Activist's Journey, 1959-1964.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A first hand account of the early days of America's civil rights struggle. Inspired by the actions of the four black college students who refused to leave the whites-only lunch counter of a Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's on February 1, 1960, D'Army Bailey, the freshman class president at Southern University - the largest predominantly black college in the nation - joined with his classmates in their battle against segregation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now a circuit court judge in Tennessee, this is a look at the years that changed America and shaped his life. Warmly INSCRIBED by Bailey on the half title page. Foreword by Nikki Giovanni. Illustrated with photographs, index. xiv, 257 pp. ISBN: 978-0807134764.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86869More details Price: $40.00 -
ELLA BAKER: Freedom Bound.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87075More details Price: $40.00 -
THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS: The Hundred-Year Struggle to Integrate the Schools.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful and moving book, about the legal challenges and about the courage of those involved: 6 year old Ruby Bridges and the 3 other black first graders in 1960, their parents, and the parents of the white students who persisted in sending their children to a desegrated school, of federal district judge J. Skelly White, and black Creole attorney A. P. Tureaud and more. Photographs, notes, bibliography and sources, index. 564 pgs.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 11898More details Price: $25.00 -
IT IS SO ORDERED: The Supreme Court Rules on School Segregation.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Norton, (1966.). Covers events from the filing of the original suit on behalf of 13 African American children in Topeka, Kansas to the decision in the 1954 landmark case, Brown v. The Board of Education. Index of juridical terms and general index. 161 pp.
Condition: Good condiiton.
Book ID: 30685More details Price: $8.50 -
NEGRO PROTEST THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Edition: First printing.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Anthology of original source documents compiled from the writings of African-American activists from 1895 through 1965, including Monroe Trotter, Bayard Rustin, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Marcus Garvey, Angelo Herndon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, John Lewis, and many others. Information on the founding and aims of the various protest movements: The Niagara Movement, NAACP, CORE, SNCC, SCLC, etc. The first book publication of some of the documents. A title in The American Heritage Series under the general editorship of Leonard W. Levy and Alfred Young. Index. xliii, 444 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a fair only dustjacket. with chips on the top of the spine and the back cover (previous owner's name mostly hidden by dj flap)
Book ID: 84116More details Price: $24.50 -
DIE NIGGER DIE!
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Allison & Busby, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Political autobiography by this black revolutionary - who became the 5th head of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee, from 1967-68, when he was just 23 years old. A galvanizing figure, he converted to Islam while serving a prison term and after his release in 1976, he became a respected Muslim spiritual leader and community activist in Atlanta, preaching against drugs and gambling. Nevertheless, in 2002, in a case with many unanswered questions, he was convicted of murdering a sheriff's deputy and wounding another, and has been serving a life sentence ever since. Index.117 pp. ISBN: 0-85031-0245.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69562More details Price: $95.00 -
THE FLASHLIGHT.
Edition: First thus.
Condition: Very near fine in a blue stapled wrappers with a photograph of Cleaver on the front cover.
Book ID: 75544More details Price: $60.00 -
BLACK RIOT IN LOS ANGELES: The Story of the Watts Tragedy.
Edition: First edition.
Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to present a balanced look at the Watts Riot, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, that tell the story far more graphically than words can. Includes an Appendix: The text of the McCone Commission report. Maps, bibliography, index. Large format. 160 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (tear to side of spine, dj has remnants of a spine label, some short closed tears)
Book ID: 66724More details Price: $150.00 -
MARXISM AND THE NEGRO STRUGGLE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1965. First edition - A slim brochure which collects three significant articles on this topic: a two part article on 'Marxism and the Negro' and Clifton Berry's 'Reply to Harold Cruse' both originally published in 'The Liberator' in 1964 and George Breitman's five part series on 'Marxism and the Negro Struggle which appeared in August and September 1964 in the weekly newspaper 'The Militant.' 48 pp. Uncommon in the original edition.
Condition: Very good in stapled wrappers (some soiling to the cover, contents tight and clean)
Book ID: 85402More details Price: $50.00 -
MALCOLM A TO X: The Man and His Ideas.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback..
New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992). First edition - An introduction to the basic views of Malcolm X in an alphabetical format, which includes brief quotations from interviews with Malcolm X, as well as short reminiscences by those who knew him. Illustrated with photographs. 160 pp. ISBN: 0-881849103.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder line)
Book ID: 84750More details Price: $16.50 -
THE FUTURE OF THE RACE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collaboration between these two noted Black scholars and writers, two essays which look at W.E.B. DuBois's concept of the talented tenth, and address the dreams, fears, aspirations, and responsibilities of the Black community - especially the Black middle class and elite - on the eve of the 21st century. Appendix with the DuBois's Talented Tenth address, notes. xvii, 196 pp. ISBN: 0-67944405X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80117More details Price: $18.50 -
THE TEMPLE BOMBING.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. An examination of a chapter in the history of Civil Rights in the US and in Georgia. In the wake of the US Supreme Court's Brown decision outlawing segregated schools, violence erupted in the South. The young rabbi of Atlanta's oldest synagogue spoke up for racial justice, and in October1958, the synagogue was blown apart by dynamite. Winner of the Southern Critics Nonfiction Award. Photographs, notes, index, 502 pages. ISBN: 0-224-040510.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (donation stamp inside front cover, some rubbing to the dj.)
Book ID: 21505More details Price: $28.00 -
PRAYING FOR SHEETROCK.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Addison-Wesley, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED on the title page. The author's first book, this is the story of the political awakening of a tiny black community in coastal Georgia in the 1970's. Shortlisted for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. 335 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-201-550482.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 16338More details Price: $20.00 -
REST OF THE DREAM: Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson.
Edition: First printing.
Lexington,KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1988 dj. Hardcover first edition - Records in his own words the story of Johnson, a Kentucky teacher, and grassroots leader in the civil rights struggle since the 1930's. Photographs, index. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-813116740.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 23182More details Price: $18.00 -
CLAUDETTE COLVIN: Twice Toward Justice.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 84449More details Price: $25.00 -
NO MORE SOCIAL LYNCHINGS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) A scarce title, and even more so signed and in this condition.
Book ID: 88978More details Price: $250.00 -
SOLEDAD BROTHER: The Prison Letters of George Jackson.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of the most influential books in the Black Power movement, a book which is a condemnation of both the racism of white America and of the injustices of the prison system. Introduction by Jean Genet, translated by Richard Howard. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-224005383.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket (some foxing to the edges of the textblock, and a bit of creasing and wear to the bottom edge of the front cover of the dj, but overall a tight and straight copy.)
Book ID: 80724More details Price: $225.00 -
THE DAYS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition -
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 12977More details Price: $28.00 -
HOUSE DIVIDED: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King.
Edition: First printing.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - A conservative's take on the legacy of Martin Luther King - the creation of a "house divided" for the second time - but this time, it is not between slavery and freedom, but "between law and lawlessness." Notes, index. 567 pp.
Condition: Near fine in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 79347More details Price: $24.50 -
JESSE JACKSON AND THE POLITICS OF RACE.
Edition: First printing.
Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books Inc., (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - A rather controversial look at the life of Jesse Jackson - As it discusses his contributions to the civil rights movement, and examines his political career, the authors contend that Jackson used race politics to advance his own aspirations for wealth and power. Foreword by Ralph Abernathy. Notes on sources, index. viii, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-915463083.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76542More details Price: $18.50 -
JEWS AND BLACKS: Let the Healing Begin.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the historical alliances and difference between the two communities in the hopes that once again they can understand each other and work together. 276 pages. ISBN: 0-399-140468.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 20866More details Price: $18.00 -
POLITICAL PROCESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK INSURGENCY, 1930-1970.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1985). A classic work of sociology which "focuses on the crucial role of three institutions that foster protest: black churches, black colleges, and Southern chapters of the NAACP. . . the political opportunities, a heightened sense of political efficacy, and the development of these three institutions played a central role in shaping the civil rights movement." Notes, bibliography, index. viii, 304 pp. ISBN: 0-226555526.
Condition: Very good condition overall - some sunning and wear to the spine, previous owner's name, but otherwise clean and tight.
Book ID: 84742More details Price: $16.50 -
CARRY ME HOME: Birmingham ,Alabama; The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.
Edition: Large trade paperback.
New York Simon & Schuster, (2001.). Winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A definitive study of a cataclysmic year in the Civil Rights struggle - a year that saw fire hoses and police dogs turned on non-violent protestors, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which killed 4 young black girls and more. Based on police and FBI documents, interviews with black activists and Ku Klux Klan members. 719 pp with index. ISBN: 0-7432-17721.
Condition: Very good ( tear at top of spine.)
Book ID: 28486More details Price: $12.00 -
RACE AGAINST TIME: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few corners dog-eared)
Book ID: 86404More details Price: $17.50 -
THE GHOSTS OF MEDGAR EVERS: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the making of the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" and an examination of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963 and the trial over 30 years later of his killer. Reading list, index. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-679-459561.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57948More details Price: $25.00 -
THE AMERICAN NEGRO REVOLUTION: From Nonviolence to Black Power 1963-1967.
Edition: First printing.
Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive account of those critical years in the civil rghts movement. Index. 345 pages.
Condition: Ex-school-library, but a very tight clean copy with relatively few markings in a good dustjacket (chip on front cover, fading to the spine.)
Book ID: 16014More details Price: $20.00 -
SCOTTSBORO BOY.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - Patterson, one of the nine Scottsboro Boys, told his story to Earl Conrad, scholar and journalist of black America, after his escape from prison and while he was still being hunted for a crime he did not commit. The book begins with the fight in the train and the trial, but focuses on PattersonÕs experience in numerous Alabama prisons. 309pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good- dust jacket with several closed tears.
Book ID: 23837More details Price: $75.00 -
ADAM BY ADAM: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 88677More details Price: $65.00