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  • THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA. by Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    Ford, James W. and James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach, 1906-1986)
    THE NEGROES IN A SOVIET AMERICA.

    Edition: Later reprint.

    New York: Workers Library Publishers 1935 (1945). Offset reprint by American Opinion, Belmont, Massachusetts from a similar reprint in 1945 by The National Economic Council. Co-author James S. Allen's exposure of the case of the Scottsboro Boys in The Southern Worker has been credited with saving them from execution. Includes the complete 47 pp 1935 edition, plus a 2 pp addendum from The National Economic Council (final page and inside back cover) on "What's Back of Anti-Discrimination Bills" (which concludes that they are "one more attempt of the Communists to stir up trouble" and that discrimination is "merely the expression of 117 million non-Negroes and non-Jews of their choice of employees or fellow-employees or of companions or associates." An interesting example of warring propaganda.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 88232
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  • THE PRISONERS: Poems for Amnesty. by Lowenfels, Walter (1897-1976).
    Lowenfels, Walter (1897-1976).
    THE PRISONERS: Poems for Amnesty.

    Edition: 2nd printing (just one month after the first printing,)

    Philadelphia: Whittier Press, (1954.). A small pamphlet of poems published to raise funds after Lowenfels was arrested and indited under the Smith Act for advocating the 'overthrow' of the country in his poetry. In addition to the poems, this includes Lowenfel's "credo." With a note on the covers about the author by Louis Aragon, translated by Mike Gold and a small portrait on the back cover by Elizabeth Catlett. Small chapbook measuring just 4 1/4 inches by 6 inches. 24 pp. .

    Condition: Near fine in stapled blue and white wrappers.

    Book ID: 51925
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  • Martin, Charles H.
    THE ANGELO HERNDON CASE AND SOUTHERN JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed and well-researched study of this important, but neglected, 1930s free speech case: Herndon, a young black communist party organizer, "articulate & politically astute", was charged with violating a 1869 Georgia insurrection statute. In 1937, after a 5 year legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the statute unconstitutional. Photographs, bibliography, index. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-01745.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 25807
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  • TINISIMA. by Poniatowska, Elena.
    Poniatowska, Elena.
    TINISIMA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mexican author Elena Poniatowska''s re-imagining of the life of the beautiful Italian photographer and political activist Tina Modotti, lover of Edward Weston, who was accused of the murder of another lover, the Cuban Julio Antonio Mella. Winner of the 1998 Impac Dublin Literary Award. Translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver. Photographs by Modotti, Weston and others at the head of each chapter. 357 pp. ISBN: 0-374277850.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76511
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  • ON BEING NEGRO IN AMERICA. by Redding, J. Saunders.
    Redding, J. Saunders.
    ON BEING NEGRO IN AMERICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1951.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very personal book, eloquent in its simplicity, on what it meant to be black in the United States during the first half of the 20th century - he talks about the impact of the Scottsboro case, about a college student of his who was lynched in Georgia, but most of all he talks about the fact that he is tired of living in a country where there is a "race problem" although he admits he has no specific remedies for our "American sickness." 156 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (light edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine).

    Book ID: 61444
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  • Redding, J. Saunders.
    ON BEING NEGRO IN AMERICA.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1964.). A very personal book, eloquent in its simplicity, on what it meant to be black in the United States during the first half of the 20th century - he talks about the impact of the Scottsboro case, about a college student of his who was lynched in Georgia, but most of all he talks about the fact that he is tired of living in a country where there is a "race problem" although he admits he has no specific remedies for our "American sickness." 115 pp.

    Condition: Good condition - usual toning to the pages, minor wear to covers (bookstore stamp on first page)

    Book ID: 81343
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