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  • HERETIC'S HEART: A Journey Through Spirit & Revolution. by Adler, Margot.
    Adler, Margot.
    HERETIC'S HEART: A Journey Through Spirit & Revolution.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Beacon Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover - The second book, a memoir, by the author of "Drawing Down the Moon." A look back at the 1960s and their impact on American history and culture, when Adler was a free speech advocate at Berkeley during the sixties, a woman who helped register black voters, and an anti-war activist who began a friendship with a soldier in Vietnam. Index. xiii, 309 pp. ISBN: 0-80707098X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83980
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  • AGAINST A FIELD SINISTER: Memories and Stories. by Jenkins, Edith A
    Jenkins, Edith A
    AGAINST A FIELD SINISTER: Memories and Stories.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    San Francisco: City Lights Books, (19910, 1917. SIGNED first edition - Collects eight pieces which provide a "selective memoir of a life from approximately 1917 to 1991. Many of those years were spent as a political radical and activist in the San Francisco area. INSCRIBED on the title page "with affection and gratitude" and dated in the year of publication. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-872862631.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72752
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  • AGAINST A FIELD SINISTER: Memories and Stories. by Jenkins, Edith A
    Jenkins, Edith A
    AGAINST A FIELD SINISTER: Memories and Stories.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    San Francisco: City Lights Books, (1991). First edition - Collects eight pieces which provide a "selective memoir of a life from approximately 1917 to 1991. Many of those years were spent as a political radical and activist in the San Francisco area. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-872862631.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76157
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  • THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. by Jones, Van with Ariane Conrad (foreword by Robert F, Kennedy Jr.)
    Jones, Van with Ariane Conrad (foreword by Robert F, Kennedy Jr.)
    THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins/ HarperOne, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An innovative plan for solving two of our biggest challenges - the failing economy and our devasted environment. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication. Foreword by Robert F, Kennedy Jr. Resource list, notes. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1650757.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52613
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  • INSIDE APARTHEID: One Woman's Struggle in South Africa. by Levine, Janet; Foreword by Carolyn Forche.
    Levine, Janet; Foreword by Carolyn Forche.
    INSIDE APARTHEID: One Woman's Struggle in South Africa.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Contemporary Books Inc., (1988). Hardcover first edition - A very personal account of what it was like to be a white activist again apartheid in South Africa. "Despite a shielded, middle-class upbringing in Johannesburg, Levine nevertheless became aware of the malignant effects of apartheid when she was still young; as the police and military imprisoned, tortured, banished and shot thousands of blacks, she became an active opponent of the regime, she notes. Eventually, as a city councilor and newspaper columnist, she was able to criticize and focus media attention on the government's policies and their effects." Foreword by Carolyn Forche. Illustrated with photographs. xvi, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-809245442.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85012
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  • ADAM BY ADAM: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. by Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)
    Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)
    ADAM BY ADAM: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by one of the most influential, controversial, and complex Black politicians of the first half of the 20th century, one which details his childhood in Harlem, his education at an all-white college, his years spent preaching the gospel, and his rise to political fame, as a flamboyant black congressman, a civil-rights activist who was also notorious for his private life. "As the congressman from Harlem, he denounced racist southern colleagues and introduced the 'Powell Amendment' to deny federal funds to projects or organizations that practiced discrimination. In 1960, he became chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, then the strongest position ever held by a…

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    New York: Dial Press, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by one of the most influential, controversial, and complex Black politicians of the first half of the 20th century, one which details his childhood in Harlem, his education at an all-white college, his years spent preaching the gospel, and his rise to political fame, as a flamboyant black congressman, a civil-rights activist who was also notorious for his private life. "As the congressman from Harlem, he denounced racist southern colleagues and introduced the 'Powell Amendment' to deny federal funds to projects or organizations that practiced discrimination. In 1960, he became chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, then the strongest position ever held by a black in the US government - and he became a thorn in the side of ally and foe alike. He was a maverick seldom bound by party, duty, or conventional morality, although in this book, he barely mentions the charges of corruption that led to his exclusion from Congress. Nor does he discuss his opposition to Bayard Rustin, as depicted in the recent film. Illustrated with photographs. Index. x, 260 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88677
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