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.

New York: Clarion Books, (2004) dj. Hardcover - An account for older children of a singer who broke down many racial barriers, based on her own letters and writings. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A Newbery Honor Award book, and winner of the Robert Siebert medal. Notes, selected bibliography, index. 119 pp. Slightly oversized. ISBN: 0-439799341.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A year before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, four men broke pro football's color line - Kenny Washington and Woody Strode with the Los Angeles Rams and Bill Willis and Marion Motley with the Cleveland Browns. This book traces the history of the color line
from the early 1930s--when NFL owners first instituted a ban on black players to the 1950 NFL Championship Game, which pitted the Rams and Browns against each other. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Photographs, notes, sources, index. 274 pp. ISBN: 978-1620406007.

New York: Akashic Books, (2007). First edition - A collection of short fiction, from the early 70s to the present, most not previously published: 'the first section of the book, "War Stories," offers six stories enmeshed in the volatile politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The second section, "Tales of the Out & the Gone," reveals Baraka's increasing literary adventurousness, combining "an unpredictable language play with a passion for abstraction and psychological exploration." Among his many honors, Baraka was the controversial "last" Poet Laureate of New Jersey and awarded the James Weldon Johnson medal for outstanding contribution to the arts. 221 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's advertisements. ISBN: 1-933354127.

New York: Akashic Books, (2007). SIGNED first edition - A collection of short fiction, from the early 70s to the present, most not previously published: 'the first section of the book, "War Stories," offers six stories enmeshed in the volatile politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The second section, "Tales of the Out & the Gone," reveals Baraka's increasing literary adventurousness, combining "an unpredictable language play with a passion for abstraction and psychological exploration." Among his many honors, Baraka was the controversial "last" Poet Laureate of New Jersey and awarded the James Weldon Johnson medal for outstanding contribution to the arts. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated 2/19/07, in the year of publication. 221 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's advertisements. ISBN: 1-933354127.

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.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive guide to the early years of the civil rights movement, meticulously researched. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Notes, index. 1064 pp plus photographic plates. ISBN: 0-671-460978.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A comprehensive guide to the early years of the civil rights movement, meticulously researched. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Notes, index. 1064 pp plus photographic plates. ISBN: 0-671-460978.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover - INSCRIBED on the first blank page and dated in 1989. Uncommon signed. A comprehensive guide to the early years of the civil rights movement, meticulously researched. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Notes, index. 1064 pp plus photographic plates. ISBN: 0-671-460978.

New York: Scholastic, (1999) dj. Hardcover - In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black student ever at the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This account of that event is "simple in language and rich in history and sepia-toned photographs." It includes "quotes from newspapers of the time, family members, and teachers; sidebars illustrating how Ruby Bridges pops up in both John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and a Norman Rockwell painting; and a fascinating update on Bridges's life and civil rights work. A personal, deeply moving historical documentary about a staggeringly courageous little girl at the center of events that already seem unbelievable." Winner of the Jane Adams Children's Book Award. Large square format, illustrated throughout with photographs. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-590189239.

New York: Grove Press, (1968). First edition - A book of aphorisms which take on the stereotypes of what being Black in the US is like. Published at the height of the civil rights movement, perhaps the saddest thing about this book is how much is still true now, fifty years later. " Black is being accused of causing trouble but always winding up as the casualties . .. Black is when folks say you've got to earn the rights the Constitution guaranteed you already had" and more. Each is printed in white lettering on black paper with an illustration by Ann Weisman on the facing page. Unpaginated.

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.

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.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this Pulitzer prize winner writer and noted child psychologist. Included is a section inspired by the crayon drawings of 6 year old Ruby Bridges, the little girl who had to be escorted by federal marshalls when she was one of the first to integrate the public schools in New Orleans in the 1960's (two of her drawings are reproduced) and another section of Christmas poems. ISBN: 0-87745-258x.

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.

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

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this man, born in Alabama, who became what Coretta Scott King called "one of the most dedicated and effective civil rights lawyers in US history." Includes accounts of his battles with the Klan, death threats and more.INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To.... Many thanks for your generous support of our work." Photographs. Index. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-671-778757.

Boston: Beacon Press, (2000.). First edition - Autobiography of the African American Congressman - one of the most radical and progressive congressman in the second half of the 20th century - who was first elected in 1971 and served until 1998 - "a book on social change and working as an outsider on the inside." 210 pp. plus photographs.

Boston: Beacon, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A tribute to the extraordinary people with whom Edelman worked during the struggle for civil rights and later as an advocate for children. Glossary of the mentors. Bibliography. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-72141.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this noted historian, whose work "From Slavery to Freedom" remained the classic text for over 60 years. Born in 1915, he was "confined to segregated schools, threatened and consistently subjected to racismÕs denigration of his humanity." Yet he went on to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard & become the first black historian to assume a full professorship at a white institution; he has reshaped the understanding and teaching of African American history. INSCRIBED on the half title page.Photographs, index. xi, 401 pp. ISBN: 0-374-29944-7.

New York: Addison-Wesley, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - 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.

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.

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.

New York: Pocket Books, (1965.). Classic autobiography by the black activist, comedian and actor. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. 209 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An insider's account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Senate, when Lani Guinier's nomination by Clinton for the post of Assistant Attorney General raised a storm of controvery on the Right. As well as being in part a memoir, this offers insightful look at the past, present, and future of civil rights in America. Sources, index. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-684-811456.

New York: St Martin's, (2019). First edition - An account of the tragic shootings at the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina by this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and of the tragedy's aftermath. "The two adult survivors of the shooting begin to make sense of their lives again. Rifts form between some of the victims families and the church. A group of relatives fights to end gun violence, capturing the attention of President Obama. And a city in the Deep South must confront its racist past. This is the story of how, beyond the headlines, a community of people begins to heal." 297 pp.

New York: Public Affairs, (2003). Hardcover first edition - Written when she was 91, this autobiography recounts a life of service and leadership, from early protests against lynching to being on the platform as Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. She led the National Council of Negro Women for forty-one years, and after the battles of the 1960s, she concentrated on troubled black communities, on issues like rural poverty, teen pregnancy and black family values. In 1994, her efforts are officially recognized. Foreword by Maya Angelou.
Photographs, index. xi, 322p. ISBN: 1-586481576.