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100 Years of Negro Freedom

100 Years of Negro Freedom

by BONTEMPS, Arna

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light blue cloth, titled and blocked in gilt and dark blue on spine; dustjacket; 276pp; illus. Scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with a hint of sunning to spine, and some faint foxing on verso. History for children of African American life after the Civil War, authored by the poet, novelist, and member of the Harlem Renaissance Arna Bontemps.
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14th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner Saluting Black Youth, Our Key to the Future

14th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner Saluting Black Youth, Our Key to the Future

by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP)

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[Rockville, MD: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1989]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; unpaginated; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of toning to spine edge, else Near Fine. Additional ephemera from the Dinner laid in, including a flyer advertising a workshop on community drug abuse prevention; a staplebound pamphlet "Tribute to Youth: Additional Recognitions of Outstanding Montgomery County Black Youth"; and a staplebound pamphlet "Special Appreciation Extended to Purchasers of Full Tables." Though OCLC notes several such local Freedom Fund Dinner publications, we find none issued for the Montgomery County chapter of the NAACP as of October, 2018.
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Abortion - Part 1. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Emendments of the Committee...

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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1974. First Edition. Committee print. Green wrappers; 729pp. Fine, unmarked and apparently unread copy. First volume of hearings (4 volumes were eventually published) on proposed "Right to Life" legislation following the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women the right to seek an abortion within the first three months of pregnancy. This volume includes testimony of Senators Jesse Helms, James L. Buckley and Ernest Gruening; Reps. Bella Abzug, Donald M. Fraser, Ron Dellums, Clare Booth Luce, and many others including civilian witnesses and numerous representatives of the clergy.
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Affirmative Action in Employment in Higher Education: A consultation sponsored by the United...

Affirmative Action in Employment in Higher Education: A consultation sponsored by the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., September 9-10, 1975

by UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

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Washington DC: United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (22.75cm.); white pictorial card wrappers; vi,239pp. Just About Fine.
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Affirmative Action Programs for Women: A Survey of Innovative Programs

Affirmative Action Programs for Women: A Survey of Innovative Programs

by LYLE, Jerolyn

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Washington DC: Government Printing Office / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, [1973]. First Edition. Quarto. Printed card wrappers; 209pp. Includes bibliography. Fine, unmarked and apparently unread copy.
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Amnesty International Calendar for 1974

Amnesty International Calendar for 1974

by [AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL]

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Palo Alto: Amnesty International Group 32, (1973). First Edition. Oblong quarto; (12)pp; illus. Near Fine. Attractive, early calendar distributed by the venerable international human rights organization. Introductory matter calls for release of political prisoners Bento Venturo de Moura (Brazil), Bakri Siregar (Indonesia) and Gunild Gerth (East Germany). Graphic credits include Ben Shahn, Kathe Kollwitz, Bob Korn, Bob Fitch, Dorothea Lange, others.
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The Anatomy of a Riot: Buffalo, 1967

The Anatomy of a Riot: Buffalo, 1967

by BESAG, Frank and Philip Cook

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Buffalo: University Press, [1970]. Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original orange card wrappers; [4],225pp. Worn from handling, spine quite faded, first 8 leaves separated but present, title page soiled, ownership inscription. Good only. History of the race riots in Buffalo, New York, 1967.
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Anatomy of Apartheid in Southern Africa

Anatomy of Apartheid in Southern Africa

by [SOUTH AFRICA] [APARTHEID] LEE, Franz J.T.

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New York: Alexander Defense Committee, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); stapled wrappers; 43pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, modest toning to rear wrapper, with two small, faint stains to upper front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or better. Expose of state-sponsored apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia. With several photographic illustrations (halftones). The author was Executive Secretary of the Alexander Defense Committee, organized in 1965 to advocate on behalf of the "Alexander Eleven," a group of anti-apartheid activists, headed by Neville Alexander, who were imprisoned under South Africa's "Sabotage Act" in 1963.
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The Anatomy of A Riot: a Detroit Judge's Report [Inscribed Copy]
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The Anatomy of A Riot: a Detroit Judge's Report [Inscribed Copy]

by LINCOLN, James H. (Hon)

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper to Detroit newspaperman William Noble: "To Bill Noble / with many thanks and best wishes," signed twice, dated March, 1973. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 207pp; maps. A fine copy in unclipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Analysis of the 1967 Detroit riots from the perspective of a Detroit Juvenile Court judge. A valuable account, filling in many personal anecdotes not included in the 1968 President's Commission report.
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Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Ninety-Fifth Annual Session of the...

Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Ninety-Fifth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. September 11th, 1975, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri

by [NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION] JACKSON, J.H. [Joseph Harrison]

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[Chicago: National Baptist Convention, 1960]. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 37,[3]pp; portrait frontispiece. A fresh, clean copy, Near Fine. Jackson served as President of the NBC for 29 years (1954-1983), and over time became controversial for his tepid support of Martin Luther King and others at the vanguard of the American civil rights movement. His conservative approach to civil rights issues eventually led to a violent rift with King's supporters, who resigned from the NBC to form their own denomination, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, in 1961.
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Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Eightieth Annual Session of the...

Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Eightieth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. September 8th, 1960, Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pa

by [NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION] JACKSON, J.H. [Joseph Harrison]

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[Chicago: National Baptist Convention, 1960]. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 36pp; portrait frontispiece. A fresh, clean copy, Near Fine. Includes a lengthy address on the subject of civil rights and the passage of the 1960 Civil Rights Act; Jackson singles out the NAACP as "the official representative in our struggle for freedom," pointedly making no mention of Martin Luther King or the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Jackson served as President of the NBC for 29 years (1954-1983), and over time became controversial for his tepid support of Martin Luther King and others at the vanguard of the American civil rights movement. His conservative approach to civil rights issues eventually led to a violent rift with King's supporters, who resigned from the NBC to form their own denomination, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, in 1961.
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Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Seventy-Fifth Annual Session of the...

Annual Address of President J.H. Jackson delivered at the Seventy-Fifth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. September 8th, 1955, Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee

by [NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION] JACKSON, J.H. [Joseph Harrison]

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[Chicago: National Baptist Convention, 1955]. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 24pp; portrait frontispiece. Mild spotting and dusting to cover, else Near Fine. A fresh, lightly used copy. Jackson's second annual address before the Convention as its sitting President. Jackson would remain in the Presidency for 29 years, and over time became controversial for his tepid support of Martin Luther King and others at the vanguard of the American civil rights movement. His conservative approach to civil rights issues eventually led to a violent rift with King's supporters, who resigned from the NBC to form their own denomination, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, in 1961.
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Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report

Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report

by JOHNSON, Phyllis & David Martin (Kenneth Kaunda, fwd)

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London: The Commonwealth Secretariat, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 163pp; bibliography. Fine in lightly faded dustwrapper. Apparently unread.
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The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois [Inscribed & Signed with Two Author ALS's Laid in]

The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois [Inscribed & Signed with Two Author ALS's Laid in]

by RAMPERSAD, Arnold

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); original cloth in grey photo-illustrated dust jacket; viii,[2],325pp. Jacket a bit toned along extremities, long closed tear at bottom spine edge of upper panel slightly touching image without loss, light foxing to top textblock edge, else Near Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by Rampersad to front free endpaper: "For Zeph [?] and Diana with affection and gratitude.. Arnold / December, 1976." Two autograph letters, signed "Arnold" and addressed to the same Zeph and Diana, laid in, dated 1977 and 1978.
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Assuring Freedom: Scholars-Statesmen Lecture Series Number One, 1969-70

Assuring Freedom: Scholars-Statesmen Lecture Series Number One, 1969-70

by RAPPORT, Victor A., ed.; Broadus N. Butler, intro

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New Orleans: Dillard University, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original pale grey card wrappers; xiii,[1],129pp. Minor wear from handling, else Near Fine. Collection of papers, including "The Black College: In Conflict and Challenge," by Frederick D. Patterson; "The Black Woman in the American Economic Structure," by Elizabeth Duncan Koontz; and a commencement address by Richard H. Austin, the first African-American to hold a state-wide elected position in Michigan as the 39th Michigan Secretary of State, for which he was elected the same year this book was published.
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Autograph Inscription, on front cover of South Carolina Picture Book, 2004

Autograph Inscription, on front cover of "South Carolina Picture Book," 2004

by JACKSON, Rev. Jesse

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Autograph in black ink on front cover of the "South Carolina Picture Book" (Columbia: South Carolina Film Office, ca 2004). Reads: "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04.
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The Betrayal of Natives Representation

The Betrayal of "Natives Representation

by MOLTENO, Donald B.

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Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1959. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 17pp. Mild external dusting, else a Near Fine, apparently unread copy.
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The Bill of Rights Journal. Vol. VIII - December 1975

The Bill of Rights Journal. Vol. VIII - December 1975

by GORDON, Max and Howard A. Rodman (eds)

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New York: National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 48pp. Near Fine. Annual publication of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, established in 1951 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee. Contributors to this issue include Vern Countryman, Isidore Silver; numerous tributes to Justice William O. Douglas, then recently retired.
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The Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. XII, December, 1979

The Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. XII, December, 1979

by GORDON, Max and Howard A. Rodman, eds

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[New York: National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee], 1979. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); photo-illustrated staple-bound card wrappers; 14pp. Disbound, light shelf wear, else Good to Very Good. Annual publication of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, established in 1951 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee. This issue devoted to the life and works of Leonard Boudin, with contributions by Corliss Lamont, Anne Braden, Albert Prago, and others.
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The Bill of Rights Journal. Volume XI - December 1978

The Bill of Rights Journal. Volume XI - December 1978

by GORDON, Max and Howard A. Rodman (eds)

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New York: National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 56pp. Near Fine. Annual publication of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, established in 1951 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee. Contributors to this issue include Al Pinkney, Staughton Lind, Junella Haynes, Donald Addleston, others.
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