The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman - 1900

187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.

Cary, North Carolina: Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. 203 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 1.6: KB#006570: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Printing Number Line (1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Dustjacket has small edge cut. "Slavery was widespread throughout the Mediterranean lands where Christianity was born and developed. Though Christians were both slaves and slaveholders, there has been surprisingly little study of what early Christians thought about the realities of slavery. How did they reconcile slavery with the Gospel teachings of brotherhood and charity? Slaves were considered the sexual property of their owners: what was the status within the Church of enslaved women and young male slaves who were their owners' sexual playthings? Is there any reason to believe that Christians shied away from the use of corporal punishments so common among ancient slave owners? Jennifer A. Glancy brings… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001. SIGNED on dedication page: "Thank you! / Brian Broome". This debut memoir is a NYT Editor's Pick and the winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. "In his thoroughly electric debut...Brian Broome will shatter your heart. Then make you laugh, sweat and cringe. And-all while eviscerating stereotypes and expanding notions of Black masculinity and queer identity-he'll shatter your heart again, then carefully, exquisitely, piece it back together."-Shelf Awareness Review. 9780358439103. New in like dust jacket w/ "signed by the author", in protective cover.

Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence, and education; as well as songs, poems, and political cartoons. This is the story behind the Black Panthers.

T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.

187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.

Cary, North Carolina: Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. 203 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 1.6: KB#006570: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Printing Number Line (1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Dustjacket has small edge cut. "Slavery was widespread throughout the Mediterranean lands where Christianity was born and developed. Though Christians were both slaves and slaveholders, there has been surprisingly little study of what early Christians thought about the realities of slavery. How did they reconcile slavery with the Gospel teachings of brotherhood and charity? Slaves were considered the sexual property of their owners: what was the status within the Church of enslaved women and young male slaves who were their owners' sexual playthings? Is there any reason to believe that Christians shied away from the use of corporal punishments so common among ancient slave owners? Jennifer A. Glancy brings… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001. SIGNED on dedication page: "Thank you! / Brian Broome". This debut memoir is a NYT Editor's Pick and the winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. "In his thoroughly electric debut...Brian Broome will shatter your heart. Then make you laugh, sweat and cringe. And-all while eviscerating stereotypes and expanding notions of Black masculinity and queer identity-he'll shatter your heart again, then carefully, exquisitely, piece it back together."-Shelf Awareness Review. 9780358439103. New in like dust jacket w/ "signed by the author", in protective cover.

Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence, and education; as well as songs, poems, and political cartoons. This is the story behind the Black Panthers.

T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.