Los Angeles: Muhammad Speaks/Nation of Islam, Publisher, 1964. Unbound. No place or date, Los Angeles, 1964. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Text repeats twice, indicating this was meant to be cut into two small handbills. The flier advertises a discussion held by Harriet Muhammad, a columnist for Muhammad..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Raised Fist, Black Power Pinback. No publisher, place or date. Presumed late 1960s, perhaps printed in the Boston area. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Safety pin style back. This pinback maybe circa 1968 based on provenance. According to the previous owner, this pinback may have..... More
Berkeley, CA: Black Politics, Publisher, 1968. Wraps. Orange wraps, side stapled. 8 ½ by 11 inches. 39 pp. Front cover a photo of Black Panther Party member Bobby Hutton, who was murdered by police; rear cover with a statement from OSPAAAL, appealing for the freedom of Huey Newton, with a...... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Wraps. Second printing. Wraps. Quarto. 128 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A look at the origins, principles, and members of the Black Panther Party. This includes the rules of the party, the party platform and program, a look at the party's growth and harassment by..... 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
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
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co, 1970. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 98 pp. With a few black and white photos. An issue of this magazine with articles on uprooting racists and racism in the US; Black Pride-Some Contradictions; fiction by Eloise Greenfield, etc. GOOD condition. Covers scuffed, faded and worn, with some soiling..... More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co, 1965. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 98 pp. With a few black and white photos. Single issue of this work devoted to Black studies and African Americans. This with a "letter to the white man," titled, "Evolution of a Monster," by Eloise Greenfield; an opinion piece on "the..... More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co, 1969. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 98 pp. With a few black and white photos. An issue of this magazine devoted to "Toward a Black University, Part II," presumably a follow up to its March 1968 issue on the Black University. with a variety of essays looking at..... 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
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1978. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 64 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to worldwide Black studies. This issue with several articles on Black music; poetry by Chelle McMichael and Lance Jeffers; nuclear power and the Black liberation struggle, etc. Appears to be from the..... 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
New York: Universal Publishing, 1969. Wraps. Black illustrated wraps. 64 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. A contemporary view and history of the Black Panther Party, with a lengthy history of institutional racism in the United States preceding the sections on the Black Panther Party. Kugelmass looks at laws and..... More
Cambridge, MA: Hovey Street Press/Red Prison Movement, 1972. Wraps. Illustrated beige wraps. 64 pp. Black and white photos throughout, as well as a centerfold style two page illustrated "poster" depicting a slain George Jackson bleeding the American flag. A somewhat biographical look at incarcerated activist George Jackson, albeit focusing on..... 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
Washington: Joint Center for Political Studies, 1972. Wraps. Wraps. 92 pp. A work looking at the influence, demographics and politics of Black voters in relation to the 1972 election. Heavy on the statistics, with analysis on Black voting power, Black youth votes, a list of African-American delegates, committee members and..... 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
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., 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