[Rock Island, IL: S.i., 1965]. Well-preserved poster for an NAACP demonstration in response to the events of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The "peaceful demonstration," sponsored by the NAACP and students of Augustana College, was one of several demonstrations and "sympathy marches" held nationwide, on March..... More
[Miami, FL]: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1966. First Edition. Succinct statement issued by the Board of the SCLC, following its annual meeting on April 13, 1966, in Miami, Florida. Addressing their position on the Vietnam War, the resolution notes: "SCLC as an organization committed to nonviolence must condemn this war..... More
![Second Ward Times [...] These Things Are Still True of Roscoe Conkling Simmons. AFRICAN...](/pictures/medium/51345.jpg?v=1604637577)
[Chicago]: Second Ward Times, [1938]. First Edition. Rare and fragile campaign flyer for Roscoe Conkling Simmons's failed 1938 run for U.S. Congress, to represent Illinois' 1st District (including most of South-side Chicago). Published and illustrated by Henry Brown, who had been the chief editorial cartoonist for Chicago's leading African-American newspaper..... More
![Autograph Letter Signed to Eliza Lee [Cabot] Follen, including Manuscript Poem "For the Liberty...](/pictures/medium/46418.jpg?v=1591672811)
[Liverpool: 1843]. English poet and hymnist Emily Taylor (1795-1872), was the author of more than twenty books, including the book-length anti-slavery poem The Vision of Las Casas (1825). Though best-known as an author of historical works for children, she was also a prolific hymnist, contributing more than a dozen works..... More
Pittsburgh: Know, Inc., [1970]. Full text of the lecture Chisholm delivered at the Conference on Women's Employment in Chicago, Illinois, on January 24, 1970, an event sponsored by the Chicago chapter of NOW. Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), a New York City Democratic Congresswoman, was the first major-party Black candidate to run..... More
[Detroit]: Committee for Maurice Sugar for Judge of Recorder's Court, 1935. First Edition. Successful defense speech by labor attorney Maurice Sugar, best known for serving as General Counsel to the United Auto Workers Union, 1937-1946. In 1934, James Victory, an African-American WW1 veteran and car washer was accused of slashing..... More
New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1969. Bibliography of books, pamphlets, magazine articles, and training materials related to police interaction and race. Third Printing. Quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Some trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. More
Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, [1968]. Variant registration drive poster produced by the Peace and Freedom Party, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of a young white female next to the slogan "You don't have to belong to a minority group to register Peace and Freedom." Not found in OCLC..... More
N.p. S.i., 1955. Handsome, informal color portrait of Rev. Major Jealous Divine (better known as Father Divine to his followers), dressed in a suit and seated in an armchair holding a letter. The photograph is accompanied by a typed letter from Divine to one "Miss Gentle Dove," thanking her for..... More
New York: Rannick Playwrights Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition. Frazier's first (and only) book, a slim collection of Afrocentric poetry. OCLC locates two dozen copies in US institutions. First Printing. Slim octavo; illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32pp]. Trace of soil to extremities, else Near Fine. More
[Rockville, MD: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1989]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; unpaginated; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of toning to spine edge, else Near Fine. Additional ephemera from the Dinner laid in, including a flyer advertising a workshop on community drug..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First Edition. The author's fourth and final novel, the manuscript being finished just two weeks prior to his death and published posthumously. The story takes place in Motley's adopted country of Mexico, in a fictional fishing village based on Puerto Vallarta. "The novel depicts..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Motley's second novel, a "disillusioned picture of disillusioned Chicagoans - laborers, strikers, members of minority groups, veterans of World War II - persons who fancy themselves to be in a cheap, betrayed world" (Coan, p.110). RIDEOUT, p.300. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); taupe cloth..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Company, 1975. First Edition. Novel of vengeance after a Black father's son is taken from him by a stray bullet from a local crime syndicate. Hitmen are hired, syndicate members are killed, and a war between Godfather's ensues. OCLC finds 14 copies. First Printing, a...... More
New York: [Allen Van Newkirk], 1968. Striking single issue of Allen Van Newkirk's ephemeral free newspaper, distributed irregularly as "a cultural supplement of Liberation News Service." Van Newkirk was a seminal figure in the Detroit radical scene of the Sixties, where he was affiliated with such groups as the Detroit..... More
Emeryville, CA: Black Panther Party for Self Defence, [1968]. Attractive copy of one of the most iconic posters produced by the Black Panther Party, depicting a striking portrait of Defense Minister Huey P. Newton. Newton was among the most highly-publicized personalities by the Panthers, with photographs and artistic renderings of..... More
Boston: House of Edinboro, 1952. First Edition. Biography of Major Richard Robert Wright, highest-ranking African-American military officer during the Spanish-American War and first President of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth (now Savannah State University). The author was herself a major figure among African-American feminists, and was the first..... More
![The Civil Rights Congress Tells the Story...[Signed]. AFRICAN AMERICANS, William PATTERSON, CIVIL...](/pictures/medium/41362.jpg?v=1555174561)
[Los Angeles]: Civil Rights Congress, [1951]. First Edition. Volume produced by the Los Angeles chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, a national organization founded in 1946 dedicated to the defense of racial injustice. Contents include coverage of the CRC's involvement in cases related to police brutality, anti-semitism, and extradition, with..... More
New York: New York Committee To Free Angela Davis / Afro-Arts Inc., 1971. An original poster designed and produced by Richard McCrary for the NY Committee to Free Angela Davis. The poster prominently features an image of Davis with her fist clenched, and a poem by McCrary printed at upper..... More
![Broadside / Handbill] Monster Meeting Wednesday, April 1, 1925 ... Metropolitan A.M.E. Church...](/pictures/medium/14687.jpg?v=1529353149)
[Washington, D.C.]: American Printing Co., 1925. First Edition. Small promotional handbill for a rally and concert to benefit the Hampton-Tuskegee "Eight Million Dollar Drive" campaign. Featured speakers were R.R. Moton, Anson Phelps Stokes, and Kelly Miller; music provided by the Hampton and Tuskegee Quartettes. With halftone portrait of R.R. Moton..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: S.i., 1924. First Edition. Summary of details regarding the salary scale for the academic faculty of Howard University, presented to their Board of Trustees. Includes extracts and correspondence from faculty to members of the board, including the full text of Dean Kelly Miller's letter to Dr. Michael O...... More
Plainfield, NJ: Plainfield Joint Defense Committee, [1969]. Appeal pamphlet by the Plainfield Joint Defense Committee written on behalf of the three remaining members of the Plainfield 12 - Bobby Lee Williams, Gail Madden, and George Merritt, Jr. During the summer of 1967, Williams was shot by John V. Gleason, a...... More
Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, 1968. Campaign poster urging the public to Cleaver/Terry for the 1968 Presidential election. The duo ran for office on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket; Cleaver was a prominent figure in the African American community due to his role as the Black Panther Party's..... More
Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, [1968]. Registration drive poster produced by the Peace and Freedom Party, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of a light-skinned, wealthy African American woman wearing a mink coat and diamonds. Presumably issued to raise awareness that voters need not belong to a particular soci-economic status..... More
[Morogoro, Tanzania: African National Congress, 1971?]. First Edition. Includes proposal of guerrilla warfare tactics in order to fight apartheid and racist government in the southern African countries Mozamibique, Angola, South West Africa (modern-day Nambia), Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Cover subtitle: "Strategy, Tactics, and Programme of the African National Congress, South..... More
