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BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIVES: Three Decades of Race Relations in America.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1990.). Candid interviews with sixteen black Americans and twelve white Americans starting in 1968, with most interviewed again in 1979 and 1986. These interviews capture the racial tensions of the late 1960's and the changing perspectives of the 70's and 80's - some are encouraging; others are often angry or disillusioned accounts of failed promises, misunderstandings, and lost opportunities. This trade paperback edition includes two new essays by the author - 'The Author's Story' and 'Where Are the People Now.' Also includes an appendix with the methodology used, notes, and a bibliographic essay. 364 pp. ISBN: 0-520069501.
Condition: Very good in stiff black wrappers.
Book ID: 38953More details Price: $10.00 -
END PAPERS: Essays, Letters, Articles of Faith, Workbook Notes.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final volume of prison papers by this exiled South African writer. 270 pp. Dust jacket illustration by the author. ISBN: 0-571-139442.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to the pages, as is common with UK editions from that time).
Book ID: 64977More details Price: $18.00 -
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 -
C. L. R. JAMES: A Life.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "critical appreciation of the West Indian historian and political activist who played a towering role in the cause of Pan-Africanism in the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in 1901,he was a lifelong advocacy for the Trinidadian oppressed. .. and, until his death in 1989, [he] wrote works of both fiction and nonfiction that would profoundly influence the Black Power movement in the United States and independence movements in Africa and the West Indies. Dhondy knew James personally and was given access to his papers. The result is a biography that is a revelation of the life and work of this legendary intellect and revolutionary." Notes, index. xvi, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-421009.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 52633More details Price: $20.00 -
COLOR ME FLO: My Hard Life and Good Times
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, (1976). First edition - Colorful and outspoken autobiography of the feminist and civil rights activist lawyer who was called "radicalism's rudest mouth." One of the first Black American women to graduate from Columbia Law School, she represented Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker but was involved for most of her life in fighting both sexism and racism. Among other things, she founded the Feminist Party, the Coalition Against Racism and Sexism, was a member of the legal team that liberalized New York state's abortion laws and more. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Slightly oversized format. 169 pp. ISBN: 0-131523635.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 91657More details Price: $35.00 -
THE BLACK MUSLIMS IN AMERICA.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Beacon, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book. The first full study of the Black Muslims with a foreword by Gordon W. Allport.
Condition: Very good in a very good- dustjacket. (hint of spine slant, prev owner's name and a few pencil markings in text, dj has some edgewear and rubbing, pc.)
Book ID: 5774More details Price: $45.00 -
HOLOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM A CONTROVERSIAL BLACK POWER ACTIVIST.
Condition: Good overall - fold lines, some short tears to edge, 'ring' stain, but easily legible and clear.
Book ID: 91949More details Price: $1,000.00 -
THE RETURN OF EVA PERON with THE KILLINGS IN TRINIDAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 4 essays by this Nobel prize winning author who was himself born in Trinidad to Indian parents. In addition to the title piece, it includes Michael X and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad; A New King for the Congo: Mobutu and the Nihilism of Africa and Conrad's Darkness. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-394509684.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (short closed tear at fold of dj.)
Book ID: 64214More details Price: $25.00 -
THE RETURN OF EVA PERON with THE KILLINGS IN TRINIDAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 4 essays by this Nobel prize winning author who was himself born in Trinidad to Indian parents. In addition to the title piece, it includes Michael X and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad; A New King for the Congo: Mobutu and the Nihilism of Africa and Conrad's Darkness. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-394509684.
Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some wear to the upper edge of the dj.)
Book ID: 71864More details Price: $20.00 -
BIG TIME BUCK WHITE.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Grove Press, (1969.). First edition - A black militant play first performed in Los Angeles by Budd Schulberg's Watts Writers Workshop, and then in New York City where it was described as 'a powerful statement explaining black power' and 'one of the best shows so far this season.' 117 pp.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 42076More details Price: $16.00 -
FIRE IN THE STREETS: America in the 1960s.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line, some minor edgewear to dj. original price of 14.95 on dj flap)
Book ID: 84372More details Price: $30.00 -
FIRE IN THE STREETS: America in the 1960s.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some minor edgewear to dj, creasing on dj flap, original price of 14.95 on dj flap)
Book ID: 84769More details Price: $35.00