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  • THE CASE OF THE SLEEPING PEOPLE (Finally Awakened By Little Rock School Frustrations) by Alford, Dale, MD and L'Moore Alford.
    Alford, Dale, MD and L'Moore Alford.
    THE CASE OF THE SLEEPING PEOPLE (Finally Awakened By Little Rock School Frustrations)

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Little Rock, ArkansasL Pioneer Press (1959). First edition - A book based on speeches delivered by Dale Alford in his successful eight-day campaign for Congress as a Democratic write-in candidate from the Fifth District of Arkansas. Alford was a segregationist and a member of the Little Rock school board, who opposed the forced racial integration of the schools. Errata slip laid in. xvii, 142 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed black wrappers with "advance copy for review" on front cover. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 77445
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  • MULTIAMERICA: Essays of Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace. by [Anthology,signed] Reed, Ishmael, editor (Baraka , Amiri, Juan Felipe Herrera and Frank Chin, signed; Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, Bharati Mukherjee, and others, contributors.)
    [Anthology,signed] Reed, Ishmael, editor (Baraka , Amiri, Juan Felipe Herrera and Frank Chin, signed; Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, Bharati Mukherjee, and others, contributors.)
    MULTIAMERICA: Essays of Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by THREE authors: by Baraka next to the title of his contribution 'Multinational, Multicultural America vs White Supremacy" in the table of contents and by Juan Felipe Herrera at "The Colored Trickster and the Frida Painter." and by Frank Chin at his contribution "Rashomon Road.". An uncommon and unpredictable anthology bringing together writers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who discuss just what American culture is today, what it can be, and the problems in our understanding of what it means to be an American. In addition to the contributors listed above, this includes essays by Miguel Algarin, Frank Chin, Robert Eliot Fox, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maulena Karenga,…

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    New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by THREE authors: by Baraka next to the title of his contribution 'Multinational, Multicultural America vs White Supremacy" in the table of contents and by Juan Felipe Herrera at "The Colored Trickster and the Frida Painter." and by Frank Chin at his contribution "Rashomon Road.". An uncommon and unpredictable anthology bringing together writers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who discuss just what American culture is today, what it can be, and the problems in our understanding of what it means to be an American. In addition to the contributors listed above, this includes essays by Miguel Algarin, Frank Chin, Robert Eliot Fox, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maulena Karenga, Barbara Smith, William Wong, Gerald Horne, John A Williams and many others. Brief biographical notes. xxvii, 467 pp. ISBN: 0-670-867535.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 34369
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  • MULTI-AMERICA: Essays of Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace. by [Anthology, signed] Reed, Ishmael, editor (Juan Felipe Herrera and Frank Chin, signed.)
    [Anthology, signed] Reed, Ishmael, editor (Juan Felipe Herrera and Frank Chin, signed.)
    MULTI-AMERICA: Essays of Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An uncommon and unpredictable anthology bringing together writers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who discuss just what American culture is today, what it can be, and the problems in our understanding of what it means to be an American. This includes essays by Miguel Algarin, Frank Chin, Robert Eliot Fox, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maulena Karenga, Barbara Smith, William Wong, Gerald Horne, John A Williams, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Amiri Baraka, Gerald Vizenor, Bharati Mukherjee, and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors: by Reed on the title page and by Frank Chin at his contribution "Rashomon Road" and Juan Felipe Herrera at "The Colored Trickster and the Frida Painter." Brief biographical notes. xxvii, 467 pp. ISBN: 0-670-867535.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 28605
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  • BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIVES: Three Decades of Race Relations in America. by Blauner, Bob.
    Blauner, Bob.
    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: 38953
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  • CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE: Selections from "Unafraid of the Dark", "The Children", "The Ghosts of Medgar Evers", and "Killing of the Dream." by Bray, Rosemary L.; David Halberstam, Willie Morris, and Gerald Posner (signed)
    Bray, Rosemary L.; David Halberstam, Willie Morris, and Gerald Posner (signed)
    CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE: Selections from "Unafraid of the Dark", "The Children", "The Ghosts of Medgar Evers", and "Killing of the Dream."

    Edition: First thus - a promotional brochure.

    New York: Random House, (1998). SIGNED first edition - Includes excerpts from 4 books issued in 1998 "Unafraid of the Dark", "The Children", "The Ghosts of Medgar Evers", and "The Killing Dream." SIGNED by Gerald Posner at the beginning of his contribution, a re-investigation of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 59 pp. ISBN: 0-67677086X.

    Condition: Very near fine in black and white stapled wrappers. Uncommon, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 79061
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  • MIXED RACE LITERATURE. by Brennan, Jonathan, editor.
    Brennan, Jonathan, editor.
    MIXED RACE LITERATURE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (2002). First edition - "The first scholarly attempt to map the rapidly emerging field of mixed-race literature, defined as texts written by authors who represent multiple cultural and literary traditionsAfrican-European, Native-European, Eurasian, African-Asian, and Native-African American. . . The essays examine such subjects as mythmaking and interpreting; the illustration of mixed-race texts; the mixed-race drama of Velina Hasu Houston; race, gender, and transnational spaces; the meaning and negotiation of identity; the theory of kin-aesthetic in Asian-Native American literatures; and Maori-Pakeha mixed-race writing in New Zealand." Introduction by editor, notes at end of each essay. Index, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-804736405.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72302
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  • WE GON' BE ALRIGHT: Notes on Race and Resegregation. by Chang, Jeff
    Chang, Jeff
    WE GON' BE ALRIGHT: Notes on Race and Resegregation.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Picador, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A collection of provocative essays which "look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. [This book] links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of 'diversity,' the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing." SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 182 pp. ISBN: 978-0312429485.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 70529
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  • Cose, Ellis.
    THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book by this award-winning African American journalist; in it he discusses the anger seething inside even successful middle-class blacks. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0182393.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 25427
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  • Cose, Ellis.
    THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book by this award-winning African American journalist; in it he discusses the anger seething inside even successful middle-class blacks. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0182393.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 25426
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  • THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS. by Cose, Ellis.
    Cose, Ellis.
    THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: HarperPerennial, (1995.). Third book by this award-winning African American journalist; in it he discusses the anger seething inside even successful middle-class blacks. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0925949.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 52798
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  • AMERICAN RACISM: Exploration of the Nature of Prejudice. by Daniels, Roger and Kitano, Harry H. L.
    Daniels, Roger and Kitano, Harry H. L.
    AMERICAN RACISM: Exploration of the Nature of Prejudice.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Prentice-Hall, (1970). First edition - Looks at racism in practice from 1769-1942 as it affected Native Americans (the Mission system), Chinese, Japanese, Mexican Americans and African Americans,with a chapter on post-World War II racism. Includes a list of documents, suggestions for further reading, index. xii, 155 pp. ISBN: 0-130289930.

    Condition: Good condition (some curling to edges of covers, contents clean)

    Book ID: 79470
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  • MINORITY REPORT: What Has Happened to Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Other Minorities in the Eighties by Dunbar, Leslie W., editor.
    Dunbar, Leslie W., editor.
    MINORITY REPORT: What Has Happened to Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Other Minorities in the Eighties

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Pantheon, (1987). Essays which look at the effective disenfranchisement of some of the country's poorest citizens under Ronald Reagan. Contributors include Vine DeLoria Jr, William Jules Wilson, Charles V. Hamilton and others. Updated edition with a new preface. Footnotes at the end of each essay, index, notes on contributors. xvii, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-394725131.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 79256
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  • East, Edward M.
    HEREDITY AND HUMAN AFFAIRS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover - A study of heredity and genetics, includes two chapters on the race problem. index. 325 pp

    Condition: Very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine.

    Book ID: 29773
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  • Ezorsky, Gertrude.
    RACISM & JUSTICE: The Case for Affirmative Action.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    London: Cornell University Press, (c.1992.). 140 pp with index. ISBN: 0-8014-99224.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 28507
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  • SKIN DEEP: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity. by Featherston, Elena, editor.
    Featherston, Elena, editor.
    SKIN DEEP: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, (1994). First edition - Essays, memoirs and poetry - contributors include Saundra Sharp, Sapphire, Rita Arditti, Genny Lim, Rita Williams, Maria E. Barron, Nellie Wong and many others. Each selection is preceded by a photograph of the writer. Reading list, list of resources. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-895947080.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67475
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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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  • A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada. by Foster, Cecil.
    Foster, Cecil.
    A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada.

    Edition: Trade paperback original - 3rd printing.

    Toronto: Harper Collins, (1996.). SIGNED - A look at the troubled state of race relations in Canada by this black novelist, who came to Canada from Barbados at the age 24. Although the title refers to how the fugitive slaves (and Foster himself) thought of Canada, the reality is quite different: "The sons and daughters of black doctors, lawyers and politicians are just as likely to drop out of school and to be harassed by the police as are the offspring of domestic servants. For many young Blacks, this situation is not acceptable. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1998. Index. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-00638028X.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy blue and black illustrated wrappers with French flaps.

    Book ID: 42203
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  • Franklin, John Hope and others; Reid, Ira De A., editor; S1956.ellin, Thorsten, editor.
    RACIAL DESEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 304, March

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1956. First edition - Several papers focusing on achieved and attempted desegregation in different areas: Franklin provides the historical background, other papers discuss integration in the armed services, in public housing, the Girard College case, desegregating Washington DC schools in the early 1950's and more. While the emphasis in most of the papers is on African Americans, there is also one paper dealing specifically with Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Asians. Book reviews, index, 211 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed orange wrappers. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 23407
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  • WORDS APART: The Language of Prejudice. by Green, Jonathon,
    Green, Jonathon,
    WORDS APART: The Language of Prejudice.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Kyle Cathie Limited, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "collection of around four thousand words and phrases with a common link: prejudice. It is a lexicon that reveals the verbal lengths to which we will go to distance ourselves from people who are different. This is a broad vocabulary, encompassing much more than the simplistic terms of racist abuse. Here are phrases that we use everyday like 'French letter' or 'going Dutch', which draw on the language of nationalism but eschew the aggression and bigotry often associated with xenophobia. . . From the grimly obvious - 'spick', 'mick', 'coon' and 'kike' - to the bizarre - 'as bilong sospen', 'side-pork' and 'ippeltysk'." Includes an introductory essay on…

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    London: Kyle Cathie Limited, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "collection of around four thousand words and phrases with a common link: prejudice. It is a lexicon that reveals the verbal lengths to which we will go to distance ourselves from people who are different. This is a broad vocabulary, encompassing much more than the simplistic terms of racist abuse. Here are phrases that we use everyday like 'French letter' or 'going Dutch', which draw on the language of nationalism but eschew the aggression and bigotry often associated with xenophobia. . . From the grimly obvious - 'spick', 'mick', 'coon' and 'kike' - to the bizarre - 'as bilong sospen', 'side-pork' and 'ippeltysk'." Includes an introductory essay on the topic of xenophobic language, and looks at different ethnic groups, the stereotypes they have taken on, the words they attract and those they use. ISBN: 1-856262162.

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    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (corners of textblock somewhat bumped).

    Book ID: 79977
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  • MAN IN THE MIRROR: John Howard Griffin and the Story of Black Like Me. by [Griffin, John Howard] Bonazzi, Robert.
    [Griffin, John Howard] Bonazzi, Robert.
    MAN IN THE MIRROR: John Howard Griffin and the Story of Black Like Me.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback original.

    Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, (1997). SIGNED - A book which describes the events that shaped Griffin's character as a crusader against racism. Born in Dallas in 1920, he spent 6 years in France, first at school and after the Nazi occupation, working with the Resistance to help save Jews. A stint in the air force took him the Solomon Islands, where a bombardment blinded him for ten years. Back home, he converted to Catholicism, wrote a bestselling novel, and then in 1959, he came up with the idea of darkening his skin and touring the Deep South disguised as a black man for a magazine series that became "Black Like Me,"" published in 1961 to wide acclaim - and…

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    Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, (1997). SIGNED - A book which describes the events that shaped Griffin's character as a crusader against racism. Born in Dallas in 1920, he spent 6 years in France, first at school and after the Nazi occupation, working with the Resistance to help save Jews. A stint in the air force took him the Solomon Islands, where a bombardment blinded him for ten years. Back home, he converted to Catholicism, wrote a bestselling novel, and then in 1959, he came up with the idea of darkening his skin and touring the Deep South disguised as a black man for a magazine series that became "Black Like Me,"" published in 1961 to wide acclaim - and still a valuable book. INSCRIBED by the author Robert Bonazzi, on the title page. Photographs, notes, xiv, 208 pp. ISBN: 1-570751188.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85854
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  • RACECHANGES: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture. by Gubar, Susan.
    Gubar, Susan.
    RACECHANGES: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A scholarly - and fascinating - exploration of the "legacy of minstrel shows - and of cross-racial impersonations - throughout modern American film, fiction, poetry, painting, photography, and journalism....[Gubar] discusses whites posing as blacks and blacks "passing" for white; blackface on white actors in The Jazz Singer, Birth of a Nation, and other movies, as well as on the faces of black stage entertainers; African-American use of racechange imagery during the Harlem Renaissance, including the poetry of Anne Spencer, the black-and-white prints of Richard Bruce Nugent, and the early work of Zora Neale Hurston; white poets and novelists from Vachel Lindsay and Gertrude Stein to John…

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    New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A scholarly - and fascinating - exploration of the "legacy of minstrel shows - and of cross-racial impersonations - throughout modern American film, fiction, poetry, painting, photography, and journalism....[Gubar] discusses whites posing as blacks and blacks "passing" for white; blackface on white actors in The Jazz Singer, Birth of a Nation, and other movies, as well as on the faces of black stage entertainers; African-American use of racechange imagery during the Harlem Renaissance, including the poetry of Anne Spencer, the black-and-white prints of Richard Bruce Nugent, and the early work of Zora Neale Hurston; white poets and novelists from Vachel Lindsay and Gertrude Stein to John Berryman and William Faulkner writing as if they were black.... hypersexualized stereotypes of black men" as well as issues like lynching, interracial children, and gay attitudes. Illustrated throughout with many photographs, including an insert of full color reproductions of paintings by Robert Colescott. Notes, list of works cited, index.xxiii, 327 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5110021.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 43015
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  • TWO NATIONS: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal. by Hacker, Andrew.
    Hacker, Andrew.
    TWO NATIONS: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1993.). A dispassionate and well-argued book on the top. Includes references, statistical sources and index. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-345-380967.

    Condition: Very good (prev owner's name, usual toning to the pages.).

    Book ID: 49797
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  • Halsey, Margaret.
    COLOR BLIND: A White Woman Looks at the Negro.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. dj. Hardcover -

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (water damage to edges of boards with some staining to folds of dj.)

    Book ID: 23303
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  • GRACE WILL LEAD US HOME: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness. by Hawes, Jennifer Berry.
    Hawes, Jennifer Berry.
    GRACE WILL LEAD US HOME: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    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.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Promotional paper laid in.

    Book ID: 77797
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  • SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy. by Hendrickson, Paul.
    Hendrickson, Paul.
    SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the Civil Rights era and post Civil Right era and how it affected the children and grandchildren of seven Mississippi law enforcement officers who were captured in an infamous 1962 Life magazine photo portrait in a story on James Meredith's effort to integrate the University of Mississippi. Illustrated with a map and photographs. Bibliographical essay, index. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-375404619.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64857
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  • UNCIVIL WARS: The Controversy Over Reparations for Slavery. by Horowitz, David.
    Horowitz, David.
    UNCIVIL WARS: The Controversy Over Reparations for Slavery.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Encounter Books, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the case for reparations for Black slavery by a strong opponent of the idea. He considers it "morally questionable and racially incendiary." Much of the book seems to focus on the attacks he faced on college campuses and elsewhere (that is, student papers would not run his ads) Index. 147 pp. ISBN: 1-893554449.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81868
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  • THE DOVE FLIES SOUTH. by Hyland, James A.
    Hyland, James A.
    THE DOVE FLIES SOUTH.

    Edition: Fifth printing.

    Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, (1957 c 1943) dj. Hardcover - A reissued and re-edited edition of a controversial novel about racism originally published in 1943. "Conditioned by secrecy about his mother, and by his father's attitude towards Negroes, George Woodward fears he has colored blood, hates Negroes with destructive violence, jumps into politics with the segregation of Negroes as a motive. A meeting with a scientist who has turned a Negro white results in a deliberate experiment in George's being turned colored, so as to study the truth first hand. . . he is subjected to the degradations offered the race, finds refuge with his parents, regains balance within himself, and plans a future devoted to racial education.....Based…

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    Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, (1957 c 1943) dj. Hardcover - A reissued and re-edited edition of a controversial novel about racism originally published in 1943. "Conditioned by secrecy about his mother, and by his father's attitude towards Negroes, George Woodward fears he has colored blood, hates Negroes with destructive violence, jumps into politics with the segregation of Negroes as a motive. A meeting with a scientist who has turned a Negro white results in a deliberate experiment in George's being turned colored, so as to study the truth first hand. . . he is subjected to the degradations offered the race, finds refuge with his parents, regains balance within himself, and plans a future devoted to racial education.....Based on facts of pigmentation changes, this symbolizes race hatreds and distrust resolved by understanding and sympathy." (Kirkus) 249 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (address label on front endpaper, some wear to edges of dj, original price of 3.25 stil present)

    Book ID: 85970
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  • INTERRACIAL INTIMACIES: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption. by Kennedy, Randall.
    Kennedy, Randall.
    INTERRACIAL INTIMACIES: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption.

    Edition: First edition

    New York: Pantheon (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A tour de force about the controversial issue of personal interracial intimacy as it exists within ever-changing American social mores and within the rule of law. Fears of transgressive interracial relationships, informed over the centuries by ugly racial biases and fantasies, still linger in American society today. This brilliant studyÑranging from plantation days to the presentÑexplores the historical, sociological, legal, and moral issues that continue to feed and complicate that fear." Extensive notes, bibliography, index. viii, 676 pp. ISBN: 0-375-402551.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder dot, bookseller's stamp on front pastedown)

    Book ID: 59806
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  • Kvaraceus, William C.; John S. Gibson and Thomas J. Curtin, editors and contributors.
    POVERTY, EDUCATION, AND RACE RELATIONS: Studies and Proposals.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperbackl.

    Boston: Allyn and Bacon, (1967). "Most of these selected papers were drawn from the educational television course, Education and race relations." Other contributors include C. Eric Lincoln, Martin Dosick, Frank Reissman and others. Bibliography, index. xi, 226 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (light crease to upper corner, some toning to pages).

    Book ID: 79273
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  • WOMAN OF COLOR, DAUGHTER OF PRIVILEGE: Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893. by Leslie, Kent Anderson.
    Leslie, Kent Anderson.
    WOMAN OF COLOR, DAUGHTER OF PRIVILEGE: Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, (1996). The story of Amanda America Dickson, "born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia. . .[which shows how] sometimes the privileges of class created circumstances under which racial transgressions were sometimes ignored, tolerated, or even accepted. . . Although legally a slave herself well into her adolescence, Dickson was much favored by her father and lived comfortably in his house, receiving a genteel upbringing and education. After her father died in 1885 Dickson inherited most of his half-million dollar estate, sparking off two years of legal battles with white relatives. When the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the will, Dickson became the largest landowner in Hancock…

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    Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, (1996). The story of Amanda America Dickson, "born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia. . .[which shows how] sometimes the privileges of class created circumstances under which racial transgressions were sometimes ignored, tolerated, or even accepted. . . Although legally a slave herself well into her adolescence, Dickson was much favored by her father and lived comfortably in his house, receiving a genteel upbringing and education. After her father died in 1885 Dickson inherited most of his half-million dollar estate, sparking off two years of legal battles with white relatives. When the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the will, Dickson became the largest landowner in Hancock County, Georgia, and the wealthiest black woman in the post-Civil War South." Photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. xii, 225 pp. ISBN: 0-82031871X.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76258
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