Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1972. The final issue of this radical left newspaper from Berkeley, published by a contingent who left the Berkeley Barb in 1969. According to the collective, the paper was a "victim of overwork, bourgeois individualism movemment slump, stale format, transient work force, no pay, declining circulation... More
Berkeley: Red Mountain Tribe, 1971. A radical left newspaper from Berkeley, published by a contingent who left the Berkeley Barb, and containing a mix of politics, sex, and drug-related content. This issue contains a center spread calling for support of The White Panther Defense Fund, as well as a list... More
Chicago: Jamaa Scenes Inc., 1971. First Edition. Promotional poster for Jamila-Ra's The Good Book, a volume of black revolutionary poems by the Chicago-born poet and member of the Nommo group. OCLC notes a single holding (Yale). Original illustrated poster, offset printed in two colors on white stock, measuring 35.5cm x.... More
San Francisco: The Movement Press, 1967. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of this SNCC and SDS-affiliated newspaper. Contents include articles on Stokely Carmichael's visit to Cuba (by Julius Lester), Gary Rader's letter from jail, Fidel Castro on Stokely & Black Revolution, and a centerfold dedicated to the Dixie Hills community in... More
San Francisco: The Movement Press, 1968. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of this SNCC and SDS-affiliated newspaper. Contents include articles on the verdict in the Huey Newton trial, welfare mothers and students, Tom Hayden in Chicago, the New Left and the Army, and a large Panther centerfold. Tabloid (44.5cm); photo-illustrated newsprint... 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
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
Oakland: Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, 1968. First Edition. Early printed statement by the Black Panther Party, published seven months after their Ten Point Platform appeared in the second issue of The Black Panther. Presented at the Alameda County Peace & Freedom Party Meeting in Berkeley (Jan.31, 1968), Position is... 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
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[Chicago: Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963]. Attractive, ephemeral relic of the 1963 "Stop! Don't Shop Downtown" Campaign, coordinated by the Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (CAFSNCC) in conjunction with the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO). The Campaign called for the... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque/Temple No.2, 1968. First Edition. Though statements from within the Nation of Islam are often conflicting, it is generally accepted that Malcolm X founded the weekly Muhammad Speaks in 1961. A long-running and entirely independent periodical (even of advertisers) which would become the official publishing organ of the... 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]. 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
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1963. Contents reprinted from The International Socialist Review, October, 1963. "Text of resolution "Freedom Now: The New Stage in the Struggle for Negro Emancipation and the Tasks of the SWP," adopted by the 1963 Convention of the Socialist Party" (from copyright page). Final pages delineate the... More
N.p. 1969. First Edition. Original poster, offset lithographed in black on white stock, measuring 57.5x45 cm. (22.75 x 17.75"). Fine. Poster produced after comedian and political activist Dick Gregory's failed 1968 run for presidency as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party (splintered from the Peace and Freedom... More
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition. Edited collection of essays on the subject of African-American representation in news media. Contributors include Ralph McGill, Armistead Pride, Charles Evers, Ray Williams, Tommy Jacquette, and others. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 86pp. Mild external rubbing; text clean, tight and unmarked; VG+ to NF. More
London: Agitprop, N.d. (ca 1968). Corner-stapled mimeographed sheets, 13" x 8"; 7,(1)pp; illus. Mild edgewear; Very Good. How-to guide produced by members of the London Poster Workshop, offering do-it-yourself printing techniques for creating movement propaganda. Final page a diagram detailing screen-printing and drying methods. Cover illustrated with reproductions of Poster... More
New York: Verso Books, 2005. Reprint. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 403pp. Clean, tight and unmarked copy, about Fine. Reprint, with new Preface, of Ali's autobiography originally published London, 1987. More
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Dorchester, MA: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, N.d. (ca 1969). Two pieces of related ephemera promoting the first successful strike by Latino farm workers in American history, organized by the United Farm Workers under the leadership of Cesar Chavez. The strike began in 1965 and was soon backed up with... More
N.p. S.i., 1967. Early edition of this epic poem by the Denver poet, activist, and former professional boxer. Originally self-published in mimeographed format in 1967, Gonazles's epic poem was a major inspiration to the Chicano movement, providing them with both a sense of nationalism and identity. The text is complimented... More
New York: American Civil Liberties Union, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 112pp. Spine ends a bit chipped, some discoloration to rear wrapper, else Very Good and sound. More
New York: Kanrom, 1964. First Edition. Collection of cartoons unflatteringly adorned with the heads of unnamed Hollywood celebrities. Not in OCLC as of January, 2015. The record for another collection published by Kanrom, Doctor Ratfink, M.D., lists a Richard Miller and Viola Ilma as the co-authors. Slim quarto (27cm.); original... More
New York: New York Civil Liberties Union, 1969. First Edition. Small quarto (28cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 159pp. Moderate cover wear, including small scuff to front cover; text clean, tight and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Highly critical evaluation of police action during the Columbia student protests of 1968. There... More
Pittsburgh: Know, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Fine. Paper presented at the Symposium on Behavioral Sciences, American Psychological Association, September 3, 1969. More
