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  • NEGRO PROTEST THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. by Broderick, Francis L. & August Meier, editors.
    Broderick, Francis L. & August Meier, editors.
    NEGRO PROTEST THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Anthology of original source documents compiled from the writings of African-American activists from 1895 through 1965, including Monroe Trotter, Bayard Rustin, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Marcus Garvey, Angelo Herndon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, John Lewis, and many others. Information on the founding and aims of the various protest movements: The Niagara Movement, NAACP, CORE, SNCC, SCLC, etc. The first book publication of some of the documents. A title in The American Heritage Series under the general editorship of Leonard W. Levy and Alfred Young. Index. xliii, 444 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fair only dustjacket. with chips on the top of the spine and the back cover (previous owner's name mostly hidden by dj flap)

    Book ID: 84116
    Keywords: A. Philip Randolph, african american history, Angelo Herndon, Bayard Rustin, booker t washington, Civil Rights / Black Power Movements, CORE, Dr. Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Marcus Garvey, Monroe Trotter, NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, The Niagara Movement, Thurgood Marshall, W.E.B. DuBois
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  • DIE NIGGER DIE! by Brown, H. Rap (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)
    Brown, H. Rap (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)
    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: 69562
    Keywords: black power, Civil Rights / Black Power Movements, prisoner, sncc
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  • FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA . by Holland, Endesha Ida Mae (1944-2006)
    Holland, Endesha Ida Mae (1944-2006)
    FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA .

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s, and who "came of age as the civil rights movement was changing the lives of black Mississippians. Dirt poor, she dropped out of high school and became a prostitute when she was barely into her teens. By the time she was 18 years old, Holland had served two terms in the county workhouse for theft and for assault. A chance encounter led her to become involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and she became an activist and organizer, taking a new path that eventually led her to…

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    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s, and who "came of age as the civil rights movement was changing the lives of black Mississippians. Dirt poor, she dropped out of high school and became a prostitute when she was barely into her teens. By the time she was 18 years old, Holland had served two terms in the county workhouse for theft and for assault. A chance encounter led her to become involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and she became an activist and organizer, taking a new path that eventually led her to the University of Minnesota, where she earned a doctorate and became a college professor. . . a gritty, inspiring memoir." An award winning playwright, Brown's play "From the Mississippi Delta" was nominated for the 1988 Pulitzer. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the title page to Hermione K. Brown, a pioneering woman attorney who worked in entertainment law for more than 50 years. Dated in the year of publication. Laid in is a sheet from the dean of the USC School of Theater announcing that this book was a gift in "celebration of the season and recognition of one of our faculty." Illustrated with photographs. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-684810115.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) Scarce signed and especially so in this condition.

    Book ID: 88980
    Keywords: African American History and nonfiction, autobiography, civil rights movement, newlist06, sncc
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