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Dark Midnight When I Rise : The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, How Black Music Changed America and the World
by Ward, Andrew
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2001
- Condition
- Good +
- ISBN
- 9780060934828
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$17.00
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Amistad / Harpercollins , 2001. 493pp. Trade paperback, slight reading crease in spine, paper has turned light brown, ink marks and sticker on half title page and back end page,index, sources, chapter notes, b&w photos, Dark Midnight When I Rise : The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, How Black Music Changed America and the World, . Trade Paperback. Good… Read more
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The Talking Book : African Amricans and the Bible
by Callahan, Allen Dwight
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780300109368
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$20.00
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Yale, 2006. 286pp. Maroon hardback with DJ, VG, First Printing, indices, chapter notes, The Talking Book : African Amricans and the Bible, . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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It Started in Montgomery : A Picture History of the Civil Rights Movement
by Sterling, Dorothy
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- Very Good
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$15.00
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Firebird Books, 1972. 80pp. Oblong paperback, VG, no names or markings, index, b&w photos and illustrations, It Started in Montgomery : A Picture History of the Civil Rights Movement, . Paperback. Very Good.
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High Tide of Black Resistance and Other Political & Literary Writings
by Forman, James
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780940880429
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$17.50
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Open Hand Publishing , 1994. 142pp. Trade paperback, VG, index, High Tide of Black Resistance and Other Political & Literary Writings, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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Secret of the Snow Leopard
by Robinson, John C.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781882897292
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$6.50
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Lost Coast Press , 1999. 284pp. Trade paperback, VG, signed by author on title page, glossary, Secret of the Snow Leopard, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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Nigger : The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
by Kennedy, Randall
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2002
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780375421723
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$8.50
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Pantheon, 2002. 226pp. Trade paperback, VG, light rubbing along edges, index, Nigger : The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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The Black Notes : An Interior Journey
by Derricotte, Toi
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780393045444
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$17.50
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W.W. Norton, 1997. 205pp. Black and white hardback with DJ, VG, First Printing, signed and inscribed by author on title page, "Spanning twenty years, from the time the author, a light-skinned black woman, moved into an all-white neighborhood, a journal ponders the meaning of being black in a racially divided country, and the price of denying it", . Signed by… Read more
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Standing at the Scratch Line : A Novel
by Johnson, Guy
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780375501586
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$15.00
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Random House, 1998. 548pp. Black and green hardback with DJ, VG, First Edition, a novel of a journey through thirty years of the African-American experience in America, beginning in 1916 in Louisiana.where young LeRoi "King" Tremain leaves home, soon after he serves during World War I in Europe, and then continues on with his life,. First Edition. Hard… Read more
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Negro Music, USA
by Courlander, Harold
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1963
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Columbia, 1963. 324pp. Orange cloth hardback, no DJ, light wear to upper spine edge, EX-LIB, minimal markings, gift plate on inside front cover, index, sources, discography, bibliography, notes, music scores, Negro folk music in the United States, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Scottsboro Alabama : A Story in Linoleum Cuts
by Khan, Lin Shi; Perez, Tony; Lee, Andres H. (editor)
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2002
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780814751763
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$12.75
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New York Univ Press, 2002. 147pp. Over sized black cloth hardback, DJ flaps glued to inside covers, EX-LIB, minimal markings, name on upper page edge, b&w linoleum cuts, Scottsboro Alabama : A Story in Linoleum Cuts, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro
by Richardson, Willis (editor)
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780878056583
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$10.00
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University Press of Mississippi, 1993. 373pp. Trade paperback, VG, no markings in book, written by African-American authors, Eight plays, four pageants, six women and three men authors, Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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What Harry Found When he Lost Archie
by Berg, Jean Horton
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780664324766
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$7.50
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Westminster Press, 1970. 112pp. Green cloth hardback, DJ has tiny chips and tears at corner tips and spine ends, price clipped, Harry's dog Archie goes missing the day they move into a new apartment, but Harry finds friends while he is searching for his dog, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by Cal Massey .
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Black and Blue : African Americans, the Labor movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party
by Frymer, Paul
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780691134659
- Item Price
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$18.00
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Princeton, 2008. 202pp. Trade paperback, VG, pencil notes in margins on c.15pp., index, chapter notes, Black and Blue : African Americans, the Labor movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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The New Negro in Colonial New England
by Greene, Lorenzo Johnston
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1968
- Condition
- Good +
- Item Price
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$18.00
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Atheneum, 1968. 404pp. Trade paperback, covers slightly curled, no names or markings, thin plastic coating starting to peel, index, bibliography, appendices, footnotes, The New Negro in Colonial New England, . Trade Paperback. Good +.
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Straight Outta Compton
by Crux, Ricardo Cortez
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780932511614
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$7.50
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Fiction Collective Two , 1992. 121pp. Trade paperback, light rubbing along edges, no names or markings, "Follows the lives of two friends, Rooster and Clive-nem, as they try to cope with drugs, gangs, and women, while growing up in an L.A. ghetto", . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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Chicago Slums to World Politics : Autobiography of Claude M. Lightfoot
by Lightfoot, Claude M.; Johnson, Timothy V. (editor)
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780878981656
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$35.00
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New Outlook Publishers, 1985. 226pp. Trade paperback, VG, slight crease on back cover, no names or markings, b&w photos, Chicago Slums to World Politics : Autobiography of Claude M. Lightfoot, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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Disaster By Decree : The Supreme Court Decisions on Race and the Schools
by Graglia, Lino A.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780801409806
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Cornell, 1977. 351pp. Black cloth hardback, no DJ, VG, index, table of cases, chapter notes, Disaster By Decree : The Supreme Court Decisions on Race and the Schools, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
by Chesnutt, Charles W.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 1968
- Condition
- Very Good
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$15.00
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Gregg Press, 1968. 294pp. Gray and maroon cloth hardback, no DJ, American in Fiction Series, Volume 56, EX-LIB, minimal markings, large chip missing from front end page, frontispiece taped, no markings in book, facsimile reprint, The House Behind the Cedars, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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BOUND FOR CANAAN : The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America
by Bordewich, Fergus M.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780060524302
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$12.75
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Amistad, 2005. 540pp. Yellow and tan hardback, DJ VG, index, bibliography, chapter notes, b&w photos, BOUND FOR CANAAN : The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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DIRTDOBBER BLUES a Novel
by Vetter, Cyril E.
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- Karen Wickliff - Books
- Published
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780807138304
- Item Price
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$13.75
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Louisiana State University Press, 2011. 134pp. Black cloth hardback with DJ, VG, signed by author on half title page, CD included in back pocket is very good condition, lyrics and music scores, b&w and color illustrations, Dirtdobber Blues, a novel, . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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