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New York:: Dutton,, (1972). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a tight and sturdy copy in a good dust jacket (spine label). First printing. Biography of this civil rights activist and labor unionist (in 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union.) He… Read more about this item

New York:: Dial Press,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. A memoir by one of the most influential, controversial, and complex Black politicians of the first half of the 20th century, one which details his childhood in Harlem, his education at an all-white college, his years spent… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2020). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages). First printing. A book which "offers a blueprint to end voter suppression -about how and why we fight for our democracy and win." After her loss in the gubernatorial election in Georgia. Abrams has become… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press,, (2009). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A first hand account of the early days of America's civil rights struggle. Inspired by the actions of the four black college students who refused to leave the whites-only lunch counter of a Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2020). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few corners dog-eared). First printing. An investigative reporter's account of his efforts to bring the Klansmen who were responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement to account. On June 21, 1964, more than… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, 2019.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A memoir of this trailblazing African American civil rights attorney, published shortly after her death in 2018 at the age of 104. "At a time when African American attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1966). Hardcover first edition -. Very good minus in turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good minus dust jacket (some dampstaining affecting the margins of the endpapers and a few pages, some bleeding from the cloth to the interior of the dj) Despite the flaws this is a… Read more about this item

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, (1985). Very good condition overall - some sunning and wear to the spine, previous owner's name, but otherwise clean and tight. . Trade paperback. A classic work of sociology which "focuses on the crucial role of three institutions that foster protest: black churches, black colleges, and Southern chapters of the NAACP. .… Read more about this item

New York:: Carroll & Graf,, (1992). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder line). First printing, a trade paperback.. An introduction to the basic views of Malcolm X in an alphabetical format, which includes brief quotations from interviews with Malcolm X, as well as short reminiscences by those who knew him. Illustrated with… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2009). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An account written for young adults of the role of teenager Claudette Colvin in sparking the Montgomery bus boycott - " On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the… Read more about this item

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1965.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fair only dustjacket. with chips on the top of the spine and the back cover (previous owner's name mostly hidden by dj flap). First printing. Anthology of original source documents compiled from the writings of African-American activists from 1895 through 1965, including Monroe Trotter, Bayard… Read more about this item

New York:: Haymarket Books,, 2016.. First edition -. Fine in glossy black illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) In this analysis, "activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and argues that the persistence of structural problems such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment have created a context in… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collaboration between these two noted Black scholars and writers, two essays which look at W.E.B. DuBois's concept of the talented tenth, and address the dreams, fears, aspirations, and responsibilities of the Black community - especially the Black middle class… Read more about this item

New Rochelle, NY:: Arlington House,, (1968). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to the dj).. First printing. A conservative's take on the legacy of Martin Luther King - the creation of a "house divided" for the second time - but this… Read more about this item

Ottawa, IL: : Jameson Books Inc.,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages). First printing. A rather controversial look at the life of Jesse Jackson - As it discusses his contributions to the civil rights movement, and examines his political career, the authors contend that Jackson… Read more about this item

New York:: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion,, (2003.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this significant Supreme Court decision, this is an anthology by ten of today's top writers for children - both African American and white - including Eloise Greenfield, Ishmael Reed, Quincy Troupe, Lois… Read more about this item

New York:: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion,, (2003.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (pages are loosely laid into the dust jacket, not bound) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this significant Supreme Court decision, this is an anthology by ten of today's top writers… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of the making of the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" and an examination of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963 and the trial over 30 years later of his killer. Reading list, index. 288 pp.

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1950.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good- dust jacket with several closed tears.. First printing. Patterson, one of the nine Scottsboro Boys, told his story to Earl Conrad, scholar and journalist of black America, after his escape from prison and while he was still being hunted for a crime… Read more about this item

New York:: Norton,, (1966.). Good condiiton. . Trade paperback. Covers events from the filing of the original suit on behalf of 13 African American children in Topeka, Kansas to the decision in the 1954 landmark case, Brown v. The Board of Education. Index of juridical terms and general index. 161 pp.