Search Results: Black power from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Oakland: Eastside Arts Alliance, 2010. Approximately 13x25 inch poster, very good.

Oakland: [Gwen Lewis Company], [c197-?]. Pamphlet. [3]p., 5.5x8.5 inch folio pamphlet of a program; photo., slight wear on the corner, otherwise in very good condition. One part of the program is a performance piece dedicated to "focusing on the elements necessary in building a strong nation (referring to the new independent nations of Africa)." Backside: "In 1969, Gwen Lewis conceived her own professional dance company to relate to the Black Liberation experience, through movement.

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. Pamphlet. 30p., 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly toned along edges else very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Amiri Baraka introduction. Radical African American poet.

Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Inc, 1971. 16 p., folded tabloid, 11.5x17 inches, mild toning and handling. Cover story on Attica. Also inside find a photoportrait of George Jackson's mother Georgia, who is petitioning the UN to investigate her son's death: with a copy of the petition and a place to sign.

San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. 236p., paperback, first edition, very good condition. Argument for a future Pan-African Republic, intermingled with autobiography.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid newspaper horizontal fold, minor toning. Cover story argues that Oakland's mayor, after returning from a visit to the USSR, proposed expansion of international trade in what the Panthers characterized as plagiarism of one of the planks of the Bobby Seale - Elaine Brown campaign. Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster stating that the government finds it cheaper to let Black people starve than to feed them.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mailing address printed at bottom of cover. Cover story: "Who killed Marcus Foster?" It was done by the Symbionese Liberation Army, but the Panthers are dubious; the article links this attack on Foster with the recent NCLC labeling of Amiri Baraka as a "CIA agent" and the appearance of "an American Nazi Party pamphlet" distributed in San Leandro, warns a new wave of violence is pending. Editorial addresses the seriousness of the attack and the smear by "rumors and suggestions that the Black Panther Party had something to do with the Murder of Dr. Foster..." so that "Defense against attacks...will be the excuse for wholesale military assault." Mentions a letter being circulated by "a so-called Symbionese Liberation Army." Rear cover advertises a set of greeting cards by Emory Douglas.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mild toning. Cover proclaims "You're #1 on Nixon's Energy Enemy List." Rear cover advertises a set of greeting cards by Emory Douglas.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1979. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned. Cover story on efforts to prevent a retrial for Huey Newton on charges of killing Kathleen Smith. Another article protests a film about Jonestown ("Guyana: the crime of the century") as part of a continued plot against the People's Temple.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper + 4p. supplement on Oakland politics, Malik poster on rear cover. Horizontal fold, evenly toned, light handling wear.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 16p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, mild wrinkling. Cover story on the Brian Weber case, in which a white employee at Kaiser Aluminum in Louisiana sued the company over its affirmative action program.

Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, mild edgewear, misfolded slightly askew. Cover depicts Bobby Seale with the headline "Kidnapped" (this was right after his New Haven arrest). First two interior pages are reproductions of police plans for storming a group of Black Panthers in Berkeley.

Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid + 8p. supplement, Bobby Seale in an electric chair depicted on front cover; horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor chip at the right end of the fold. Emory Douglas poster on back depicting the US government as a vulture over Seale in the chair. The lead articles were written by Eldridge Cleaver in exile, as was the supplement, which focuses on North Korea and includes two full-page photos of Kim Il Sung.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper + 4p. supplement on Oakland politics, Malik poster on rear cover. Horizontal fold, mild toning. Cover story on the Mark "Jimmy" Essex shootout in New Orleans.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper + 4p. supplement on Oakland politics, Emory Douglas poster on rear cover; much on Bobby Seale and Elaine Brown's campaigns.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, minor nibbles at bottom edge. Cover story: "Who killed Marcus Foster?" It was done by the Symbionese Liberation Army, but the Panthers are dubious; the article links this attack on Foster with the recent NCLC labeling of Amiri Baraka as a "CIA agent" and the appearance of "an American Nazi Party pamphlet" distributed in San Leandro, warns a new wave of violence is pending. Editorial addresses the seriousness of the attack and the smear by "rumors and suggestions that the Black Panther Party had something to do with the Murder of Dr. Foster..." so that "Defense against attacks...will be the excuse for wholesale military assault." Mentions a letter being circulated by "a so-called Symbionese Liberation Army." Rear cover advertises a set of greeting cards by Emory Douglas.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1975. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mailing address printed at bottom of front page has been crossed out; orange postal sticker. Cover story on a court order to overcome a history of discrimination in hiring and promotional practices within Oakland's fire department. Centerfold article is "JoAnne Little talks with Black press" (she had stabbed a prison guard who tried to rape her). Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned. Cover story on demands for a new investigation into the killing of Malcolm X, asserting that the NYPD and the FBI had played a role.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 28p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, "M. Davis #31" penned at top (significance unknown; we have several examples with similar notation). "Celebrate Black History" cover.

Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1979. Newspaper. 16p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Cover story on Huey Newton's accusation that the DA had bribed witnesses in his retrial for the killing of Kathleen Smith. Centerfold spread has photos of a radiothon fundraiser for the Oakland Community School, which was headed by Ericka Huggins. Also includes an article on the Congressional Black Caucus asking for a new probe of the assassination of Malcolm X, protests against the opening of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, and more.