African American Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 1993 Near-new condition. NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages. 622 pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Frontispiece artwork. The phrase "calling the wind" originated during slavery days, when slaves depended on the wind to lend force to a task or to carry the voice across a distance. This highly readable collection of stories follows the concerns of the black community from Reconstruction to modern African-American culture. More than 50 contributors include Gloria Naylor, Zora Neale Hurston, and Al Young.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Perseus Books, 1995 Like-new copy - Price inside dustcover: $20.00 - NO remainder marks - No price clippings - Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings—an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Follett Publishing Company , 1977 Very-nice ex-libris copy - Tight spine - No tears - Inner pages are free from writing - 285 Pages. "In these most difficult of time, this anthology presents the tradition and future of Black American poetry to young people of every race and background". - from the Preface by Arnold Adoff.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1999 Like-new condition - Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos. 694 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - From the Publisher Homelands and Waterways is a monumental history that traces the rise of a resolute African American family (the author's own) from privation to the middle class. In so doing, it explodes the stereotypes that have shaped and distorted our thinking about African Americans - both as slaves and in freedom. Adele Logan Alexander's account is the result of extensive interviews and exhaustive research in government, church, and academic archives, as well as in private papers and photographic collections. From The Critics John Head - USA Today In Homelands and WaterwaysAdele Logan Alexander has compiled and extraordinarily well-researched narrative of the American history that swirled around her ancestors. It offers the most intimate details of family life as Alexander captures the currents of cultural change that swept the nation. She shows that not all free-born American blacks lived in the North during the era of slavery, and that virulent racism among soldiers in the Civil War wasn't limited to the ranks of the Confederates. Her voluminous collection of facts conveys the tastes, textures and tenor of the times. General-interest readers drawn to fascinating family stories will be pleased.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Random House, 1975 A photo of this book is available. Nice copy of this 1975 hardback. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing or tears inside book. Pages show slight tanning. 416 pages. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Enslow Pub Inc, 2000 A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 112 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Landmark Supreme Court Cases. Annotation Explores the Supreme Court case that challenged and eventually overturned Virginia's law forbidding interracial marriages. School Library Journal Gr 7 Up-This carefully researched and documented book begins with a brief introduction relating Richard and Mildred Loving's arrest in 1958 for being partners in an interracial marriage. Alonso delineates the process through which a legal case goes to the Supreme Court, as well as the laws and movements from Colonial times to present that pertain to interracial marriages. Next, the case for the Lovings is presented, followed by the case for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The high court's deliberations and the impact of its decision complete the volume. Occasionally, the practice of defining words within the text unnecessarily breaks the flow of the narrative, as there is an appended glossary. The "Questions for Discussion" provide suggestions for class or group activities requiring more research and, in some cases, higher-order thinking skills. Black-and-white photos appear throughout.-Marilyn Fairbanks, Azure IRC, Brockton High School, MA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1991 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). Previous owner's bookplate in book front, on blank page (Mrs. Piggott). 208 pages. To read Angelou's book, the latest in a series of autobiographical works begun with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, without being moved would seem impossible. Here, this American poet, actress, civil rights activist and TV producer-director recalls her pilgrimage to Ghana in the early 1960s. Ostensibly, Angelou went there so that her son could study at the University of Ghana to put him (and herself) in touch with long-imagined ancestral roots. Sadly, she was disillusioned by the subtle rejection of native Ghanaians. Fighting this painful sense of not belonging, she plunged into activities; appearing in Genet's play The Blacks with black American performers, she went briefly to Berlin, where she underwent a searing experience dining in the home of a wealthy crypto-Nazi German. Other encounters, even the more pleasurable ones, hardly mitigate the homesickness and hurt underlying Angelou's poignant recall, which includes a meeting with Malcolm X and her visit to a village where, centuries ago, black men sold other black men, women and children to white slave traders.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Random House Inc, 1997 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Small remainder dot on top. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $20.00. NO writing, marks or tears. 209 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis "Thoroughly enjoyable . . . an important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American. Los Angeles Times Book Review. Annotation This is the fifth volume in Maya Angelou's successful autobiography. Los Angeles Times Book Review Thoroughly enjoyable...an important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American. Biography An author whose series of autobiographies is as admired for its lyricism as its politics, Maya Angelou is a writer who’s done it all. Angelou's poetry and prose -- and her refusal to shy away from writing about the difficult times in her past -- have made her an inspiration to her readers.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1993 Only writing/mark in book is previous owner's signature in book front - on blank page. - Three sexy, screwed-up Southern sisters come home to Mulberry to put their totally self-centered mother, Mudear, in her grave. We meet the Lovejoy women as they gather in their mother's house to lay her and the demons she has dumped on them to rest. Mudear Lovejoy was the kind of mother who ruled her house and raised her daughters with an iron hand even after her "change." Betty is her oldest daughter, big-boned and strong, the only one who remembers what Mudear was like before The Change. Emily is the middle child, restless and divorced, the one who every one assumed would be the first after Mudear to crack. The youngest is wild Annie Ruth, a TV anchorwoman who is pregnant out of wedlock and plagued by visions of menacing cats. Ernest, their father, is a kaolin mine worker who is so overwhelmed by all the females around him that sometimes he just wants to yell out, "Womens taking over my house!" As the sisters reminisce, they are unaware that even though Mudear's body is laid out in Parkinson Funeral Home, she is not so easily buried. Her spirit refuses to die, and she floats around Mulberry, watching her daughters stretched out on her porch smoking cigarettes, drinking her husband's liquor from her best glasses, and talking about marijuana like "some damn black girl hippies." In alternating voices, each member of the Lovejoy family tells us what preys on his or her mind. As they prepare for the memorial, sit up with the body, and at the funeral itself, each must come to grips with her relationship to Mudear. At the same time, each must define what a mother, a black mother - their mother - is. . Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harcourt, 1976 Near-new copy of this 1976 First Edition (so-stated) - NO remainder marks or price clippings - tight spine - Bright pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.: Taylor Publishing, 1996 A photo of this book is available. Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $21.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO writing, marks or tears. 315 pages. Illustrated with photos. Synopsis When Joe Louis (1914-1981) knocked out the German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938 in two minutes and four seconds, the entire nationvblack and whitevcelebrated the "fight of the century" as a victory of the United States against the ominous tide of Nazism. Never had an African-American received such universal praise across racial lines. Heavyweight champion for a record twelve years from 1937 to 1949, Louis opened the doors for such future black athletes as Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Muhammad Ali.Joe Louis depicts the prizefighter's life, and the times in which he lived, from his childhood in a sharecropper's cabin in Alabama and his formative years in Detroit, to his legendary career, his service in the Army, his stint as a professional wrestler after retiring from boxing in 1951, and his professional demise as an official greeter for a Las Vegas casino. Along the way, Richard Bak compassionately, yet evenhandedly, details Louis's private vices: incessant womanizing, reckless spending habits, massive debts to the IRS, and drug abuse. Filled with over one hundred photographs, including twenty-two in color, Joe Louis is the most comprehensive portrait yet written of one of the greatest African-American heroes who used his fists figurativelyvand literallyvto fight racism. Annotation More than a simple biography, Joe Louis provides an in-depth look at what constitutes a "hero" in America's black community. As much as any drug store sit-in, civil rights march, or Senate Hill bill, Louis' fists figuratively and literally demolished the myth of white supremacy; his quiet dignity and unquestioned patriotism opened the door for the wave of black athletes who followed him. 32 pages of photos, many in color. Dallas Morning News [This] work takes its place with those excellent boxing histories that are as much about American culture and sociology as they are about sports. Biography Richard Bak, a native of Detroit, is the author of eight books, including the critically acclaimed Lou Gehrig: An American Genius and Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Dial Press, 1972 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1972 James Baldwin book. Dustcover shows mild wear and 1 small tear along top-front-edge. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $5.95. Full-page photo of the author on back cover. Stated Second Printing. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 197 pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Universal Library Grosset & Dunlap, 1953 Near-fine condition. NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings. 303 pages. . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Dial Press, 1965 Very-nice, clean copy of this collectible book. Dustcover has been price-clipped (inside top-front flap) Book is in near-fine condition. Black cloth binding, yellow ink spine labels, black, red and taupe spine lettering, taupe facsimile author signature front cover, orange/red endpapers, yellow top-stain, deckled fore-edge.. Back dustcover shows a full-page photo of Baldwin. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages - 249 pages - NO remainder marks. Contents: The Rockpile, The Outing, The Man Child, Previous Condition, Sonny's Blues; This Morning, This Evening, So Soon; Come Out the Wilderness, Going to Meet the Man.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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William Morrow & Co, 2001 This is a very-nice ex-libris book - Although ex-libris, there are ONLY 2 small marks inside book which indicate same - Inner pages are free from writing, marks and tears - Bright pages - Tight spine - Illustrated with photos - 384 pages - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $27.00 - The explosion of the memoir form in recent years has led to a deluge of family histories. But Edward Ball's fascinating book is something different. It tells the epic story of the Harleston family of Charleston, South Carolina -- relatively affluent mixed-race blacks who trace their roots to the illicit relationship between a plantation heir and his slave, and are distantly related to Ball, a white southerner by birth. Through interviews with Edwina Harleston Whitlock, the genteel grandmother who unlocks the secrets of the Harleston archives, Ball interweaves the rich and sometimes tragic family history along with the broad sweep of contemporary events, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the First World War and Jim Crow laws. As members of the mixed-race elite, the Harlestons occupied a strange interstitial zone between resentful blacks and snobbish whites -- a zone that was especially well defined in conservative Charleston. They viewed themselves as part of the "talented tenth," following W.E.B. Du Bois's conception of a small group of privileged African Americans leading the rest. But this promoted a fortress mentality and "more than its share of anxiety and wounded pride." It was the "sweet hell inside" of the book's title: a defiant sense of permanent exclusion from both camps, which governed relations between the family and those around it. The family ran several funeral homes in and around Charleston, but several of its members pushed out into unfamiliar territory. "From their beginnings as the discarded children of a case of 'miscegenation,' the Harleston family rose to play strange and wonderful roles in the American pageant," Ball writes. Edwin "Teddy" Harleston, Edwina's melancholy grandfather, became a well-regarded portrait painter who worked alongside his photographer wife. When Teddy entered Boston's Museum School in 1906, he was one of a handful of serious black art students in the United States. He later returned to Charleston to work in the family business and founded a local chapter of the NAACP. Edmund "Jenks" Jenkins was a classically trained composer who played in the jazz bands of 1920s Paris. Another Harleston relative ran a Charleston orphanage that became famous for its associated musical group, the Jenkins Orphanage Band, which toured Europe and sent several alumni into the New York jazz scene. While chronicling the rich history of the Harlestons in staggering detail -- thanks to archival research and diligent perusal of letters and scrapbooks -- Ball offers interesting disquisitions on everything from the etymology of the word "jazz" to the process of embalming a cadaver. The Sweet Hell Inside is itself a fascinating attempt to preserve an unusual slice of the American experience -- in all its painful ambivalence.. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Pocket Star Book , 2003 Previous owner's name in book front & back - on blank pages. No other marks or writing. Based on the television series SOUL FOOD. Based upon the characters created for the motion picture, SOUL FOOD, written by George Tillman, Jr.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Running Pr Book Pub, 2002 Near-new condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - 152 pages - Illustrated with photos - Like a Mighty Stream Tells the Inspiring Stories Behind the Landmark August 1963 March for Economic and Social Equality. Over 250,000 Americans of every race and creed participated, making the march the largest demonstration of its kind in the history of the United States. To bring that momentous occasion alive for the reader, author Patrik Henry Bass weaves eyewitness accounts, photographs, reporting, and observation into a memorable mosaic. His is the first book to provide a "people's history," exploring the movement from the perspective of everyday men and women. This is a must-have book for anyone interested in American history -- or in learning about the power of nonviolent protest to effect social change.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alyson Pubns, 1986 Good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing or tears inside book. Tight spine. 255 pages. Synopsis In the Life, an expression which means being gay, is also the title of this collection of writings in which more than 25 black authors explore what it means to be doubly different - both black and gay - in modern America. These stories, verses, works of art, and theater pieces voice the concerns and aspirations of an often silent minority. They can be poignant, erotic, resolute or angry, but always reflect the affirming power of coming together to build a strong black gay community. Editor Joseph Beam began collecting this material in 1984 after years of frustration with gay literature that had no message for - and little mention of - black gay men. "The bottom line," he wrote, "is this: We are Black men who are proudly gay. What we offer is our lives, our love, our visions... We are coming home with our heads held up high." Annotation Here, thirty-three writers and artists explore what it means to be doubly different--black and gay--in modern America.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St Martins Pr, 1989 Very-nice copy of this 1989 hardback. Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $18.95 - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 340 pages - Illustrated with photos. The very-first page has been removed (most-likely, blank) NO tears inside book. NO writing or marks inside book. - "With her inspiring five-octave voice and unrestrained stage style, Aretha Franklin has enjoyed a career of legendary proportions - she has earned seventeen Grammy Awards and was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Behind the passionate, heartfelt emotions in Aretha's songs lie the challenges she has faced in her personal life: desertion by her mother at age six, a teenage pregnancy, the shooting that led to the death of her father, several unhappy marriages, and the severe illness of her sister. Although these shattering encounters with tragedy and crisis have earned her the right to sing the blues, Aretha's vibrant, soul-stirring hits such as "Respect" and "Think," "Chain of Fools" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," attest to her amazing strength as a survivor." "The first and only book to offer a revealing no-holds-barred portrait of the beloved Queen of Soul, including her personal and professional challenges and triumphs of the last decade, Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul is the definitive biography celebrating the life and achievements of the uncompromising diva who captivated the music world to become an undisputed superstar.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1973 Near-fine copy. NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. An influential seventeenth-century fable, by a pathbreaking woman writer, about the fall of a black prince. The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him. Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Beacon Press, 1994 SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED by author: "To Stephanie & Harvey Hoover - Best wishes in your support of the Urban League - Derrick Bell". Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO tears inside book. 16 pages show light writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. In the fall of 1992, Derrick Bell, professor of law and bestselling author, was fired from his tenured position at Harvard rather than end his protest over the law school's continuing failure to tenure any women of color. His story is a searing example of the travesty of tokenism and the tenacity of institutional power.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Beacon Press, 1994 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $20.00. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - In the fall of 1992, Derrick Bell, professor of law and bestselling author, was fired from his tenured position at Harvard rather than end his protest over the law school's continuing failure to tenure any women of color. His story is a searing example of the travesty of tokenism and the tenacity of institutional power.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Univ of Georgia Press, 1987 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 673 pages. Synopsis Master of vast rice and cotton plantations in South Carolina and Georgia, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Major Pierce Butler bequeathed his family and nation a legacy of slavery -- an inheritance of immense wealth sown with the seeds of Civil War. In Major Butler's Legacy, Malcolm Bell charts the unfolding of the Butler patrimony, an epic story that reaches from the eve of the Revolution to the first decades of this century and includes in its course such figures as George Washington, Aaron Burr, Fanny Kemble, William Tecumseh Sherman, Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, and Owen Wister. Publishers Weekly Major Pierce Butler left the British army in 1771, when he married into South Carolina gentry. He established a family fortune based on the plantation labor of nearly 600 slaves. ``This academic study of Butler, his plantations and the lives of his descendants through the early 1900s provides instructive glimpses of the Southern slave economy and its dissolution after the Civil War,'' said PW . . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1995 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: Price inside dustcover: $18.00. Number line: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 209 pages. Synopsis Life After Johnnie Cochran is the story of the woman who put up with philandering, physical abuse, mind games, put-downs, and even a long-term white mistress before she grabbed her two young daughters and her dignity and walked away from her eighteen-year marriage to L.A.'s most successful black lawyer. The future captain of the dream team, according to Cochran Berry, was a "nightmare to live with," able to come up with a dozen good answers to the simplest of questions, like: "Where did you spend the night?" The author explains why she chose to ignore the received wisdom of those days among black middle-class women that said, "No matter what, you don't leave a man who can pay the bills." . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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One World, 2001 Fine condition. Small remainder dot on top. NO clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 181 pages. Synopsis Owner of a small African-American bookshop, Miss Cozy has an unique gift: Customers who walk through her door rarely leave without a book that speaks directly to their life. But when Josephine "Fina" and Ross arrive in search of an obscure, unpublished manuscript written by a slave woman, Miss Cozy knows that all her visions have been leading her to this magical day. Yet Miss Cozy has no intention of selling the manuscript no matter the price. So she offers Fina and Ross an alternative. They can read it together at the store. It was not what they hoped for, but their interest in the extraordinary love story is about as strong as their uncanny attraction for one another . . . one they both sense runs much deeper than a kiss. In the course of a few days, Fina and Ross realize that this powerful book has special meaning for the two of them and that the path to their shared future may be linked to something that happened more than a century ago. . . . . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern Univ Press, 1984 A photo of this book is available. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO tears inside book. 671 pages. 36 pages show light highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. "Used Book" stamped on outside page edges. Booknews Originally published in 1968 as Civil rights and the American Negro (Trident), and reissued with a new preface by the editors, this volume collects the most important primary documents in the history of civil rights in the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scholastic, 1998 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $16.95. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 216 pages. Synopsis The history of black women in America is one of adversity as well as of reaching, stretching, and striving to succeed. Here are the stories of ten women from ordinary beginnings who overcame racism and sexism, from escaped slave Ellen Craft to Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Annotation Biographical portraits of ten African-American women including Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Yale University Press, 1968 Very-good ex-libris copy. Usual library markings - Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine, bright pages - 289 PAGES - LOC# 58-11249 Robert Bone assumes the double role of literary critic and literary historian in evaluating Negro writing - from the first novel, which appeared in 1853, to the works of James Baldwin. "Bone has skillfully interwoven these varied themes into a highly sophisticated social and aesthetic critique. His technical facility as a critic, combined with a shrewd insight, a lively style and a flair for the well-turned phrase, combine to make THE NEGRO NOVEL IN AMERICA a remarkable piece of scholarship." - College Language Association Journal. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Beacon Press, 1968 Very-good, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. 224 pages. 7 pages have very-light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears inside book. No tears on cover. Pages show tanning. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Plume, 2001 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 163 pages. Synopsis In Embracing the Fire, Julia Boyd and her Sister Circle settle in for a long and intimate chat about every woman's favorite topics: sex and love. Told in the candid voices of Black women of all ages and sexual persuasions, the Sister Circle serves up generous portions of straight talk and true confession, along with stories of love, lust, and heartbreak. From the uninhibited conversation in "Having Some Fun Talking Trash" to a serious discussion in "I Am Not My Mother's Daughter," the women touch on everything from sexual freedom and experimentation to the dating and mating game, the pain of breaking up, and raising safe, responsible kids. Author and psychotherapist Julia Boyd shares her personal stories as well -- how her own approach to life and intimate relationships has changed through the years. Filled with the frankness and sister-to-sister warmth and wittiness that distinguished Julia Boyd's previous books, Embracing the Fire speaks directly to the hearts and minds of women everywhere. It is, in Boyd's words, "a celebration of who we are as sensuous Black women." . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1997 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1997 ex-libris book - Usual library markings - Inner pages are free from writing and tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - 163 pages - From the beloved bestselling author of In the Company of My Sisters comes a book on sexuality and relationships that is as intimate, sassy, and full of wisdom as the community it draws from. The sister circle is back - and serving up generous portions of straight talk and true confession, along with stories of love, lust, and heartbreak. From "The Baggage We Bring" and "I Am Not My Mother's Daughter" to "Dating and Mating" and "Having Some Fun Talking Trash," Embracing the Fire celebrates erotic potential, takes up the questions surrounding sexual attraction and self-esteem, and provides an open forum for exploration by Black women of all ages, sexual persuasions, and stages of life and relationships. Psychotherapist Julia A. Boyd shares some of her own personal history - how her own life and her approach to sexuality and intimate relationships have changed - along with the stories of her sister friends. From Zoey, who tells us that she's the "shameless hussy type," to Jonie, who worries about how to protect her twelve-year-old daughter, to Queenie, who plans to pray overtime for sisters she's afraid are "gonna go straight to hell sure as I'm sittin' here," the sister circle heralds a new era of openness and expression. The sisters air difficulties and offer their perspectives on sexual experimentation, the pain and recovery cycle of breakups, the comfort of long-term relationships, taboos and erotic exploration, and fears for children, brothers, and sisters in sexual encounters. All of the subjects our mothers whispered about, or discussed in coded language, are argued and laughed over by the sisters of Embracing the Fire. Once again Julia A. Boyd has given us a book that allows the hearts, minds, and spirits of Black women the respectful attention and full voice they so richly deserve.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: A Dutton Book, 1993 Only writing is previous owner's signature in book front and back - on blank page. - The first book of its kind, In the Company of My Sisters has tapped into a wellspring of interest, need, and excitement in the African-American community and turned Julia Boyd into a national figure. Drawing on Boyd's work as a therapist and an educator, this empowering book provides "practical, hilarious, and common-sense advice for self-care and self-recover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2004 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $26.00. 414 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). Synopsis An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs, and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival, a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly, shots rang out: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney, Clarence Darrow, into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the middle class. Ossian Sweet's story, so richly and poignantly captured here, is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times. Annotation Winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2004 A photo of this book is available. Brand-new / Unread copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $26.00. 414 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs, and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival, a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly, shots rang out: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney, Clarence Darrow, into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the middle class. Ossian Sweet's story, so richly and poignantly captured here, is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times. Annotation Winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Literary Guild, 1931 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1931 hardback. Decorative blue boards are clean. Spine shows slight sun fading. Silver-foil label on spine. Pictorial endpapers - Stated First Edition - Illustrated with woodcuts by J.J. Lankes NO writing, marks or tears inside book. NO foxing. 225 pages. Very-nice copy of this First Edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Lankes, J.J. (Woodcuts). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Touchstone Books, 1989 Near-fine copy of this HUGE book - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 1,065 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO price clippings or remainder marks - Previous oqner's embossed stamp in book front (Robert Daggett) - Winner of The Pulitzer Prize - Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War. Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder. Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 1988 Near-fine, clean copy of this HUGE (1,064 pages) book - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Parting the Waters was hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War. Taylor Branch provides a portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder. Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle captures one of the nation's most crucial passages. . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Touchstone Books, 1989 Very-good+, clean condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 1,065 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO price clippings, remainder mark on bottom - Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War. Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder. Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1999 Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 282 pages. Covers are clean (NO tears). 8 pages have light (pencil) writing. Can easily be erased. Does NOT interfere with reading. Tight spine - NO tears inside book. - An inspiring memoir by Rosemary Bray, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review, in which she describes growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s and becoming one of the first black women to attend Yale.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970 Very-good copy of this 1970 ex-libris hardback. Usual library markings - NO tears inside book. Tight spine. Bright pages. 201 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 1964 Nice copy of this 1964 book - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - 249 pages . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1970 Very-good, clean ex-libris copy. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine, clean pages. 285 pages. Stated SECOND PRINTING. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999 A Long Way from Home recounts the joys, pain, and ultimate triumph of three generations: Susie; her daughter, Clara; and her granddaughter, Susan. Born and reared as house slaves on Montpelier, the Virginia plantation of President James Madison and his wife, Dolley Madison, they are united by love, by a fierce devotion to each other and their fellow slaves, and by a growing desire for freedom - a dream that will finally come to fruition for Susan at the end of the Civil War. Trained as a house slave since childhood, Susie enjoys the privileges that her position as maid to Miss Dolley provides her and Clara. For Susie, life holds no mystery, no promise beyond the boundaries of the plantation itself - a lesson she tries to impart to the dreamy Clara, who longs to control her own destiny despite her mother's frightening admonition: "You don't know a thing about freedom, 'cause I don't know anything about it. It takes money and know-how to live free. You don't just up and do it." Life will change for both mother and daughter, though, with the death of James Madison and the departure of his wife for her town house, events that leave the estate in the hands of Dolley's profligate son, Todd. As a result of his neglectful stewardship, the plantation soon falls to a series of owners, each posing a new threat to Susie and Clara, and the other longtime Madison slaves with whom the two women have shared their entire lives. Amidst these devastating changes, Clara grows into womanhood and becomes a mother herself, giving birth to two light-skinned daughters, Ellen and Susan. Yet the threat of separation that has shaped her life is soon a reality when her younger daughter, Susan, is sold to a wealthy businessman in Richmond. Susan must create a new life for herself in this bustling city, a life that will be filled with both terror and hope. And it is in Civil War-torn Richmond that she will find love and realize the long-held dream of her ancestors: freedom. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near-Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1965 Very-good+ copy of this 1965 book. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages - 443 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Globe Book Company , 1971 Very-good, clean copy of this 1971 ex-libris (Jacksonville High School) book. Bases on the signature card in front, it appears this book was never checked out. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears, 262 pages. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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William Morrow & Co, 1997 Near-fine condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 375 pages. ANNOTATION A self-described "equal opportunity ass-kicker, " Tony Brown attacks white racism, black self-victimization, and the whole concept of integration, which he feels has been disastrous for blacks and the country as a whole. Guaranteed to spark controversy, nonetheless Black Lies, White Lies is certain to be embraced by anyone willing to hear a bold new voice unafraid to speak the truth. FROM THE PUBLISHER In Black Lies, White Lies, Tony Brown does what few high-profile African Americans have done before: He dares to challenge the lies of both Black and White leaders, and he dares to tell the truth. He attacks White racism and Black self-victimization with equal vehemence. He condemns integration as a disastrous policy, not for just Blacks but for the entire country. And he confronts the Black Talented Tenth, White liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, demagogues, and racists on all sides for their self-serving lies, their failures, and their lack of vision.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cane Hill Pr, 1994 Very-good+ ex-libris book. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 224 pages. Synopsis Darktown Strutters cuts to the cruel center of American racialism. Wesley Brown's traveling minstrel show is where the symbolism of skin color establishes public meaning and private identity the way a funhouse mirror measures height and weight. Like Melville's The Confidence Man, this is a scary book, and mordantly funny, too. We all look ridiculous in it and, sad to say, instantly recognizable. About the Authors: Wesley Brown is author of the novel Tragic Magic, two plays, and coeditor of two multicultural anthologies. He teaches literature and creative writing at Rutgers University. W. T. Lhamon Jr. is professor of English at Florida State University and author of Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop. Annotation Darktown Strutters is the story of Jim Crow, a remarkable dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South and North, during the furious times of pre- and post- Civil War America. Touching, harrowing, and inspiring, Darktown Strutters is a unique novel of courage and pride from the author of Tragic Magic. New York Times Book Review Brown has created a vivid, disturbing work of the historical imagination.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1986 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $13.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Very-nicely illustrated by the author. Previous owner's name label (small) in book front, on blank page (The Elwoods - Jacksonville, Illinois). Tight spine, bright pages. Annotation Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 2006 Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 545 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears. Synopsis In this, the first comprehensive history of Kennedy's civil rights record over the course of his entire political career, Nick Bryant shows that Kennedy's shrewd handling of the race issue in his early congressional campaigns blinded him as President to the intractability of the simmering racial crisis in America. By focusing on mainly symbolic gestures, Kennedy missed crucial opportunities to confront the obstructionist Southern bloc and to enact genuine reform, his inertia emboldening white supremacists and forced black activists to adopt increasingly militant tactics. Biography Nick Bryant holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University. From 1998 to 2003, he was Washington correspondent for the BBC; he is currently the BBC's Australia correspondent, based in Sydney. He has written for numerous London newspapers, including The Times, The Independent, and the Daily Mail. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Table of Contents Introduction: Operation Washington 1 "Give the Kid a Break" 13 Blue Blood Against Green 33 Singing Dixie 43 Trial by Jury 61 The Victory Room 81 The Liberal Democrat 99 Johnny Come Lately 113 "Those Southern Bastards" 125 Showdown in Los Angeles 139 The Strategy of Association 159 Calling Coretta 179 Seventy-two Days 191 Black Camelot 209 Executive Inaction 225 The Sheriff of the New Frontier 243 Project Freedom Ride, 1961 261 The One-sided Bargain 283 The Presidential Literacy Test 297 Albany Revisited 313 "Go Mississippi" 329 In Lincoln's Shadow 357 "Let the Whole Fucking City Burn" 381 Repairing the Breach 397 "Fires of Frustration" 417 The "New South" 439 Conclusion 461 Acknowledgments 475 Abbreviations 477 Notes 479 Bibliography 521 Index . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1986 Very-nice, clean copy of this First Edition (so-stated). NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 262 pages. - Annotation A family saga and social history of the black bourgeoisie written bythe daughter of Lena Horne. From The Critics Publishers Weekly Daughter of Lena Horne, Buckley here tells a vital story, made even more appealing by her gracefully understated writing and objective viewpoint. Spanning the history of six generations of an American family, the book is based on voluminous papers kept by the Hornes since the mid-19th century. The author sheds light on an area of black society unrecognized for the most part. After the Civil War, the ``old Hornes'' settled in Brooklyn as part of a minority elite, an upper-middle class with enclaves in other American cities. Even among social peers, the Hornes stood out. Intellectual and striving, they were also uncommonly good-looking, as the book's numerous photos attest. ``Lena wasn't the first star.'' By 1910, Buckley's grandparents Edwin Horne and Cora Calhoun Horne had gained political clout and were working for the advancement of ``colored people.'' Buckley, who was born in 1937, takes the reader back to the time when she was growing up. She is a witness to events of the 1950s, the Cold War decade when Lena Horne among others was questioned about her patriotism and had to endure racist attacks. The author also records the Horne family's activities in the fight for civil rights, as she brings the story up to date. There is no rancor in this account. Buckley states simply: ``Every other black shut out of the American Dream has to learn that the greatest victory can only be in the struggle. Now that the Dream is open to my children and their children, I hope they all will be permitted to learn that same color-independent, universal truth.'' BOMC alternate. (June 30) Library Journal Born and brought up in the top stratum of the black bourgeosie, Lena Horne moved into white society with her international stardom and second marriage to Lennie Hayton, bringing her daughter, Gail, with her. Here, Gail explores her roots in an effort to come to terms with her own black identity. The family history is filled with fascinating characters: the slave Siny, who sold cakes on street corners to buy her own freedom; Lena's grandmother Cora Horne, an early feminist; Lena's father, Teddy, the elegant, dapper sportsman whose source of income was unknown and possibly shady; Lena's experiences as a token black in 1940s Hollywood. Well researched and written with intelligence and love, this is an interesting chapter of black American history. BOMC alternate. Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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