Seattle: Walter O. Evans Foundation for Art and Literature, Publisher, 1999. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 165 pp. Color reproductions of art throughout. A critical and historical survey of work by African American artists collected by Walter O. Evans. With several essays examining the visual, social, and political contexts that influenced..... More
New York: Todtri, 1996. Hard Cover. Folio. Illustrated glossy paper covered boards in matching jacket. Small folio. 128 pp. Color photos and illustrations throughout. An historical survey of Black artists in America, ranging from the slavery era to contemporary artists, and looking at a variety of genres, from sculpture to..... More
New York: Johnson Publishing Company, 1968. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Digest sized magazine. 98 pp. Front cover with "Black World" in white lettering, which is what the magazine would be renamed as. Single issue of this magazine devoted to Black politics, news and culture with this month devoted to Black theater..... More
Marabella, Trinidad: Trinprin Services, Printer, perhaps Self-Published, 1977. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Front cover and interior illustrations by Ronald Smith. 63 pp. A collection of poetry by A.M. Felipe reflecting on the usual topics of love and life, but with several devoted to Black culture and Black struggles for equality. GOOD..... More
Atlanta, GA: First World Foundation, Publisher, 1979. Wraps. Wraps. 64 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black studies. This issue with several pieces on politics in America and their impact on Black Americans. Also present is a look at Black America on stage; reggae: the soul of Jamaica;..... More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co, 1968. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 98 pp. With a few black and white photos. An issue of this magazine devoted to "The Black University," with a variety of essays looking at the needs for a Black university, its implications, ways toward its realization, etc. With fiction by..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1974. Cloth. Pale green cloth in unclipped jacket. 263 pp. A collection of writing by James E. Jackson examining a range of subjects within politics and Black liberation, including Watergate, Maoism, Socialist Working Class Democracy, three philosophers (being the work of Frederick Engels, Herbert Marcuse and..... More
San Francisco: Black World Foundation, Publisher, 1982. Wraps. photo illustrated wraps. 64 pages. A few black and white photos throughout. A single issue of this journal devoted to black studies and research. This issue includes an essay by Maulana (Ron) Karenga, titled the Crisis of Black Middle Class Leadership: a...... More
Atlanta, GA: First World Foundation, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Maroon/sienna wraps. Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the front cover. 64 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black studies. This issue with articles on the Kennedy-King assassinations and the politics behind the probes; prognosis for Chicago Blacks;..... More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1973. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 98 pp. Single issue of this magazine devoted to Black interests, originally named Negro Digest. It ceased publication in 1976. This issue with a focus on literature, including critical essays on the work of Gwendolyn Brooks, Chinua Achebe and others; an essay..... More
St. Louis, MO: Proud, Inc. Publisher, 1971. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Early issue of this magazine edited by Ernie McMillan, perhaps better known as a football player for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1960s and early 1970s. McMillan envisioned the magazine as a...... More
New York: The Crisis Publishing Company, 1968. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. Single issue of this long running journal, supported by the NAACP. This issue with a look at the 1968 Housing Act, the SEEK program, two poems by Nanina Alba, etc. GOOD condition. Address label on the rear cover, with..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley, California, 1968. Photomechanically reproduced flier, printed on yellow paper, with benefit highlighted in red marker. 8 ½ by 14 inches. Flier for a show at Mandrake's on 1048 University, held as a benefit concert for Dick Gregory and..... More
No Place: Newton-Cleaver Defense Committee, Publisher, 1969. Unbound. No place (presumed Oakland, San Francisco or Berkeley). No date, 1969. Single sheet. 13 7/8 by 8 ½ inches. Printed on a single side only. Event flier using a birthday celebration for Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton to raise funds for..... More
Berkeley, CA: Black Panther Party, U.F.A.F. Publishers, 1969. Unbound. no date, 1969. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Legal sized. A flier for a national conference assembled by the Black Panther Party, a conference on fascism in the United States and what could be done to combat it. The flier..... More
Washington, DC: Department of the Army, Publisher. Wraps. no date, circa 1976. Orange colored side stapled wraps. Xix, 59 pp. A report on the 1975 Army Affirmative Action Plan implemented by the US Army in an effort to "identify and eliminate institutional discrimination, and create an environment of racial harmony..... More
New York: The American Society of African Culture, 1967. Wraps. Printed wraps. 136 pp. Single issue of this journal, with this number focusing on "the Negro and Brazilian literature," looking at Black authors, Black theater, Black themes and other subjects in Brazilian literature. A several page review of the Autobiography..... More
No Place: Black Workers Congress, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. Single sheet folded into 4 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. First issue of this newsletter/newspaper issued by the Black Workers Congress, apparently serving the Western region. As the cover article indicates, this was to..... More
New York: El Pueblo News Service, 1970. Wraps. Wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 34 pp. A collection of poetry drawing on revolutionary concepts of Mao and Che Guevara, among others, to speak against 'Yankee' oppression in the author's native Virgin Islands, as well as speaking out against it in the US, while..... More
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Tabloid format. 20 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. A single issue of this radical, counterculture underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, formed after a split with the Berkeley Barb over labor issues. The Tribe embraced more radical and left-wing causes. This issue with..... More
Jamaica, NY: Black Art, Ltd., 1977. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 68 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Front cover art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black art and artists, with articles examining the themes in the work of Alvin C. Hollingsworth; a retrospective of the work..... More
Jamaica, NY: Black Art, Ltd, 1978. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 72 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Front cover art by Mildred Thompson. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black art and artists, with articles on the World of Haitian Art, the art of Justo Susano, James King's Sculptural Exterior Forms..... More
Jamaica, NY: Black Art, Ltd., 1979. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 70 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black art and artists, with articles on artist Merton Simpson; profile of James E. Newton; image and symbol control in the Black Arts; the confluence of Egyptian and..... More
Jamaica, NY: Black Art, Ltd., 1978. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 72 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Front cover art by Mildred Thompson. Single issue of this journal devoted to Black art and artists, with articles including one on Winston Branch; a Virgin Island Vignette; Tutankhamun and Racism; Dance Theatre of Fiji..... More
Milwaukee: P and P Publishing, 1979. Wraps. Wraps. 36 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this magazine devoted to notable Black people, their actions and current events relating to African-Americans. This with a cover image and profile of Vel Phillips, Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and noted..... More