Black Americana
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Up From Slavery
by Booker T Washington
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave on a Virginia farm. Later freed, he headed and developed the Tuskegee Institute and became a leader in education. Widely considered a spokesman for his people, he emphasized social concern in three books as well as his autobiography.Louis R. Harlan, born in Clay County, Mississippi, in 1922, is Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Separate and Unequal (University of North Carolina Press, 1958) and of a...
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Voice Of Her Own
Kathryn Lasky is the author of many books for children, including SUGARING TIME, a Newbery Honor Book; SHOW AND TELL BUNNIES and SCIENCE FAIR BUNNIES; and VISION OF BEAUTY: THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER. Kathryn Lasky says she was drawn to Phillis Wheatley’s story because she was fascinated by the relationship between the writer’s voice, her identity as a slave, and freedom.Paul Lee is a painter and freelance illustrator. He has illustrated the acclaimed AMISTAD RISING by Veronica...
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Black Americana Books & Ephemera
Blues Singers
by Lester, Julius
Includes bibliographical references (p. [46]) and discography (p. 47).
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
W.E.B. DU BOIS: A READER
by W.E.B. Du Bois; Meyer Weinberg, ed
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. 1st Harper Torchbook edition. Paperback. As New. 471p. A softcover book in fine condition.
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$40.00
NEGRO POLITICS: The Search for Leadership
by James Q. Wilson
New York: The Free Press, 1965. 1st Free Press paperback edition. Paperback. Very Good. 342p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed and spine a bit crinkled at the bottom. Otherwise clean and tight.
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$15.00
THE GREAT WELLS OF DEMOCRACY: The Meaning of Race in American Life
by Manning Marable
New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. 365p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Like new apart from a small pach of discoloration at the bottom of the spine. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight.
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$30.00
BROWN AMERICA: The Story of a New Race
by Edwin R. Embree
New York: The Viking Press, 1931. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good. 311p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded and several small, light smudges on the cloth. Contains the bookplate of well-known Chicago businessman G. George Fox. Lower left bottom corners torn off of the front free endpaper and half-title pages. Small holes in margins of pages 3-6. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A scarce historical and sociological study of mixed-race Americans....
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$75.00
WE WANT FREEDOM: A Life in the Black Panther Party
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Paperback. As New. 292p. A softcover book in fine condition.
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$15.00
BLACK POLITICS: The Inevitability of Conflict / Readings
by Edward S. Greenberg, Neal Milner, and David J. Olson
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. 374p. A softcover book in very good condition. Airbubbles forming in the lamination; stamp inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight.
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$15.00
BLACK EXODUS: Black Nationalist and Back-to-Africa Movements, 1890-1910
by Edwin S. Redkey
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969. Yale Paperbound edition. Paperback. As New. 319p. A softcover book in fine condition. Yale Publications in American Studies #17.
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$30.00
HARLEM: THE MAKING OF A GHETTO; Negro New York, 1890-1930
by Gilbert Osofsky
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 259p. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is faintly age-toned and has a touch of wear at the top corner of the front panel; otherwise intact. Inscribed and signed by Osofsky on the half-title page. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs.
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$65.00
NEGRO PROTEST THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
by Francis L. Broderick and August Meier, eds
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1965. Paperback. Very Good. 444p. A softcover book in essentially fine condition, save for a small scratch at the top of the spine. Clean and tight. A volume in the AMERICAN HERITAGE SERIES. This is a review copy with printed slips from the publisher.
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$15.00
PROTEST AND PREJUDICE: A Study of Belief in the Black Community
by Gary T. Marx
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. 1st Harper Torchbooks printing. Paperback. Very Good. 256p; 27p appendix; 6p ads. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Spine lightly tanned; otherwise clean and tight. This is a review copy, with a printed slip from the publisher.
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$15.00
DEATH BLOSSOMS: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Farmington, PA: Plough Publishing House, 1997. 3rd Printing. Paperback. As New. 158p. A softcover book in fine condition.
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$15.00
CRISIS IN BLACK AND WHITE
by Charles E. Silberman
New York: Random House, 1964. Vintage Books edition. Paperback. Very Good. 370p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine crinkled and pages tanned; otherwise clean and tight. A study of racial tension in America.
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$15.00
The Fire Children : A West African Creation Tale
by Eric Maddern
Penguin Publishing Group, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.09
SOUL ON ICE
by Eldridge Cleaver
New York: A Ramparts Book (McGraw-Hill), 1968. 6th printing. Hardcover. Fair. 210p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Stickers on spine of book and jacket. Edges worn; call numbers, stamps, bookplate, and card pocket inside. A few pages dog-eared, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is mildly shelf-worn and has a faint notation on the front flap. Memoirs and political essays by an early leader of the Black Panther Party. Introduction by Maxwell...
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$15.00
THE CRISIS OF COLOR AND DEMOCRACY: Essays on Race, Class and Power
by Manning Marable
Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1992. Paperback. Fair. 262p. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A softcover book in excellent reading condition. Pen marks and highlighting on first several pages, but rest of text clean and binding tight. Signed by Marable on the title page.
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$20.00
THE MYTH OF THE NEGRO PAST
by Melville J. Herskovits
Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. 2nd Beacon Paperbacks printing. Paperback. Very Good. 368p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly tanned; otherwise clean and tight.
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$20.00
SOLDIER: A Poet's Childhood
by June Jordan
New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 261p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Text clean and binding tight; like new apart from remainder mark on bottom edge. Poet June Jordan's childhood memoirs.
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$30.00
WHY ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE COMING TO AN END: A Suigenocide in Progress; Disturbing Proof of How the White Man and the Black Man Are Still Destroying the Black Race
by Clinton L. Black
Clinton L. Black, 2007. Paperback. As New. 289p. A softcover book in fine condition.
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$20.00
BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE: Transforming African-American Politics
by Manning Marable
New York: Verso, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. 236p. A softcover book in very good condition. Mild edgewear and some small stains to front cover; otherwise, text clean, binding tight, and spine uncreased. Appears unread.
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$15.00
THE IMPOSSIBLE REVOLUTION? Black Power and the American Dream
by Lewis M. Killian
New York: Random House, 1968. 3rd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 198p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages tanned, but otherwise clean and tight. From Random House's STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY series.
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$15.00
WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING
by Philip Melanson
Berkeley: Odonian Press, 1993. Paperback. As New. 94p. A softcover book in essentially fine condition. Small, light scratch on back cover; otherwise clean and tight. From THE REAL STORY series.
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$15.00
A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
by Herbert Aptheker, ed
New York: The Citadel Press, 1962. 1st paperbound edition. Paperback. Very Good. 532p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Light crease and a few scratch marks on front cover. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Preface by W.E.B. Du Bois.
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$35.00
SEA ISLAND TO CITY: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers
by Clyde Vernon Kiser
New York: Atheneum, 1968. 1st Atheneum Edition. Paperback. Good. 272p. A softcover book in good reading condition. Brown stains on edges, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. From the series STUDIES IN AMERICAN NEGRO LIFE.
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$15.00
THE NEGRO AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
by Hary Kalven, Jr
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. 1st Phoenix printing. Paperback. Very Good. 244p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned; spotty brown stains along the edge of the spine. Otherwise clean and tight. A study of the Civil Rights movement and free speech.
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$50.00
Voice Of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
by Lee Paul
Hardback. Very Good.
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$10.73
