BLACK STUDIES from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: W.W.Norton, 1949. Very good (black covers show some rubbing and light edgewear with a tiny, quarter-inch closed tear at the top of the spine) in good only dust jacket (intact and salvaged in a plastic cover but with heavy edgewear, including small missing chips, and one long closed tear down one of the flap folds and into the… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1968. Very good (slit in rear pastedown next to spine inside the book, but doesn't affect strength of binding) in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, very slightly edgeworn at the top). An interesting guide to African Americans in the US broken down by state and, within each state, by place so that one could… Read more about this item

Birmingham AL: Crane Hill , 1994. Near fine (a few barely perceptible foxing spots on top page edges) in fine dust jacket. The author Cobbs was the state's principal witness against Birmingham church bomber Robert Chambliss, her uncle. Because of this book and the additional evidence that it presented, the case was reopened and additional convictions obtained. Her story of… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1965. Near fine (two slightly bumped corners, otherwise fine) in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, foxing along inside top edge and inside folds). Caldwell, a white southerner, writes of injustice toward African Americans. The title refers to an African American childhood friend from whom he was separated by the prejudices of adults. Published… Read more about this item

Atlanta GA: Turner Publishing , 1995. Very good (one bumped corner) in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear). Introduction by Charles Barkley. The book grew out of the famous documentary film by the same name and adds material, going beyond what was possible in the film.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.