Abbreviations:
1st ed. -  First edition
dj. -  Dust jacket
ExLib. - Ex Libris (with former library markings)
hb. - Hardback
nd. - No date of publication
pb. - Paperback
pp. - Pages
prntng. - Printing (as in "4th printing")
repr. - Reprint
UL - Underlining
 

A

Adams, William , Afro-American Authors. Houghton Mifflin, 1972. 165pp. pb. Brief introductions to & selected works of major Afro-American writers. ExLib. $5

Andrews, W., The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader. Oxford, 1996. 368pp. pb. $10

Ashmore, Harry S., Civil Rights and Wrongs. Pantheon, 1994. 441pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.  $10

B

Bailey, Pearl, The Raw Pearl. Pocket, 1972. 189pp. 16 pp. photos. pb. 8th prntng. $4

Bailey, Pearl, The Raw Pearl. Pocket, 1969. 189pp. 16 pp. photos. 1st ed. pb.  $5

Baker, Houston A., Jr., Blues, Ideology and Afro-American Literature. University of Chicago, 1984. 227pp. pb.  $7

Baldwin, James, Blues for Mister Charlie. Dell, 1970. 158pp. pb. 8th prntng.  $4

Baldwin, James, The Evidence of Things not Seen. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1985. 125pp. hb. dj. 1st ed. $25

Baldwin, James, The Fire Next Time. Dell, 1964. 141pp. pb. 2nd Dell printing. $4

Baldwin, James, The Fire Next Time. Dial, 1963. 120pp. hb. Book Club Ed. dj slightly torn.  $10

Baldwin, James, The Fire Next Time. Dial, 1963. 120pp. hb. no dj, lightly soiled. 15th printing, October 1963.  $6

Baldwin, James, Just Above My Head. Dial, 1979. 500pp. hb. no dj. 1st ed.  $17

Baldwin, James, Notes of a Native Son. Bantam, 1964. 149pp. 1st Bantam ed. pb. $4

Baldwin, James, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. Dell, 1969. 370pp. 1st ed. pb. $8

Baldwin, James; X, Malcolm; King, Martin Luther, The Negro Protest (talk with Kenneth B. Clark) Beacon, 1963. 56pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.  $18

Barrett, R., Integration at Ole Miss. Quadrangle, 1965. 270pp. hb. 1st ed.  $18

Bates, Daisy, The Long Shadow of Little Rock. McKay, 1962. Forward by Eleanor Roosevelt. 234pp. hb. dj. photos. ExLib.  $10

Bennett, L., Jr., Before the Mayflower. A History of Black America. Johnson, 1969/1970. 461pp. hb. Many b/w photos, drawings, maps. 4th ed. $18

Bennett, L., Jr., What Manner of Man: A Memorial Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Pocket, 1968. 143pp. 1st memorial ed. pb. Some writing on cover. $6

Bontemps, A., Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers. Illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge; Winston, 1951. 238pp. hb. 1st ed. ExLib. Pages are yellowing at margins, but book is very much intact.  $20

C

Chestnut, J., & Julia Cass, Black in Selma. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1990. 432pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.  $8

Clayton, E., Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior. Washington Square, 1969. 118pp. pb.  Water damaged, but readable.  $3

Cleary, E., Beyond the Burning Cross. The First Amendment and the Landmark R.A.V. Case. Random House, 1994. 314pp. hb. dj. 1st ed. 2nd prntng. $11

Cleaver, E., Soul on Ice. Delta, 1968. 210pp. pb. large trade edition, late printing. $9

Cleaver, E., Soul on Ice. Delta, 1968. 210pp. pb. large trade edition, 1st ed. pb. $14

Cleaver, E., Soul on Ice. Delta, 1968. 210pp. small pb. 9th printing. $5

Collins, P., Black Feminist Thought. Routledge, 1991. 265pp. pb.  $7

Collins, P., Black Feminist Thought. Routledge, 1991. 265pp. pb.  A little highlighting. $6

Cone, J., Black Theology and Black Power. Seabury, 1969. 164pp. pb.  $4

Cornwall, B., The Bush Rebels. A Personal Account of Black Revolt in Africa. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1972. 1st ed. 252pp. hb. dj. 37 b/w photos on 16 photo plates.  $14

D

Davis Jr., Sammy, (with J. & B. Boyar), Yes I Can. Pocket, 1966. 626pp. photos. 1st ed. pb. $4

Dawes, N.,  Interim. Institute of Jamaica, 1978. 216pp. pb. Cover lightly soiled, pages clean.  $5

Dixon, C., Evil for Good in Wiston-Salem. Brunswick, 1988. 583pp. pb. True story of "A Black Vietnam veteran whose excellence caused massive corruption within our bureaucratic system." b/w photos. 2nd ed.  $10

Douglass, Frederick, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself. Signet, 1968. 4th prntng. xiv + 126pp. pb. Clean copy. $3

Du Bois, W. E. B., The Souls of Black Folk. Dover Thrift, 1994. 165pp. pb. $3

Du Bois, W. E. B., The World and Africa: An inquiry in to the part which Africa has played in world history. International Publishers, 1992. 352pp. pb.  $5

E F

Fanon, F., The Wretched of the Earth. Grove, 1963. First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1968, 316pp. pb.  $6

Farber, J., The Student as Nigger. Pocket, 1970. 142pp. pb. 3rd prntng. $7

Fields, A., My 21 Years in the White House. Fawcett/Crest, 1961. 144pp. pb. 1st Crest printing.  Memoirs of the White House Chief Butler and Maitre d'Hotel (1931-1953). $10

Fielstra, C. & H., Africa: With a Focus on Nigeria. California State Department of Education, 1965. 205pp. hb. photos and maps. Not ExLib but stamped on inside cover and flysheet "County Superintendent of Schools Lakeport, California".  $7

Finnegan, W., Dateline Soweto: Travels with Black South African Reporters. Harper & Row, 1988. 244pp. 1st ed. pb.  Dedication on flyleaf.  $5

Frady, M., Jesse. The Life and Pilgrimmage of Jesse Jackson. Random House, 1996. 552pp. 1st ed., 2nd prntng. hb. dj(scruffed). Small remainder dot on top. $12

Frazier, E. Franklin & C. Eric Lincoln, The Negro Church in America (Frazier) and The Black Church Since Frazier (Lincoln). Schocken, 1974. 216pp. pb. Two books in one.  $6

Frommer, H. Jackie Robinson, Franklin Watts, 1984. 117 pp. hb. dj. B&W photos. $8

G

Gaillard, F., Race, Rock & Religion. Profiles from a Southern Journalist. East Woods, 1982. 189pp. hb. dj. $8

Gaines, E., The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Bantam, 1979. 256pp. pb. $4

Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, Colored People. Knopf, 1994. 216pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.  Red remainder stripe on top at binding  $10

Gordone, C., No Place to be Somebody: A Black black-comedy. Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. 115pp. pb. $7

Green, M., Ibo Village Affairs. Praeger, 1947/1960s?(1st US ed.). 262pp. pb. A few maps & charts. Sociology of the Ibo people of southeastern Nigeria. $8

Gregory, Dick, From the Back of the Bus. Avon, 1962. 125pp. many photos. pb. 1st. ed.  Exc. cond.  $25

Gregory, Dick, (with Robert Lipsyte), Nigger. Pocket, 1968. 209pp. photos. pb.  10th printing.  $4

Gregory, Dick, The Shadow that Scares Me. Pocket, 1968. 175pp. 1st ed. pb. $6

Gregory, Dick, Write me in! Bantam, 1968. 153pp. Many photos. 1st ed. pb.  $8

H

Hansberry, L.,  A Raisin in the Sun. Vintage, 1994. 151pp. pb.  $4

Hawkins, O.,  Ghetto Sketches. Holloway, 1972. 248pp. 1st ed. pb. $5

Head, B., The Collector of Treasures and other Botswana Village Tales. Heinemann, 1977. 109pp. pb.  $5

Hughes, Langston, Fight for Freedom:The Story of the NAACP. Berkley, 1962. 224pp.  A few illegible stamps from previous owner.  1st ed. pb.  $20

Hughes, Langston, The Ways of White Folks. Vintage, 1990. 255pp. pb. $5

Hurley, J. & H., & Doris McGee, Afro-Americans, Then and Now. California State Dept. of Education, 1971. 144pp. photos & drawings. Grammar-school textbook. hb. ExLib.  $5

J

Jackson, G., Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson. Bantam, 1971. 3rd printing. 248pp. pb.  $5

James, C., ed., From the Roots: Short Stories by Black Americans. Harper & Row, 1970. 370pp. 1st ed. pb. $8

Jones, E., & M. Jones, eds., New Trends and Generations in African Literature. Africa World, 1996. 186pp. 1st ed. pb. $7

Jones, LeRoi, Blues People. The Negro Experience in White America and the Music that Developed It. Morrow, 1963. 244pp. 8th printing.  $10

Jones, LeRoi,  Four Black Revolutionary Plays. Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. 89pp. 1st ed. pb. Rare. $10

Jordan, J., Dry Victories. Avon, 1972. 115pp. pb. A popular classic on reconstruction and black civil rights.  $4

K

Keckley, Elizabeth, Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years as a Slave, and Four Years in the White House.  Donnelley, December 1998. The Lakeside Classics.  319pp. hb. Clean copy. As issued with no dustjacket.  $15

King, Jr., Martin Luther, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Beacon, 1968. pb. 209pp. index.  $5

Kliment, B., Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of American Song. Melrose Square, 1988. 149pp. 1st ed. pb.  Many photos.  $5

L

Lamb, D., The Africans. Vintage, 1985. 363pp. pb.  $5

Lane, M. & D. Gregory, Code Name "Zorro:" The Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Prentice-Hall, 1977. 314pp. hb.  $14

Lerner, G., ed., Black Women in White America: A Documentary History. Vintage, 1972/1973. 630pp. pb.  $7

Lewis, C., Adam Clayton Powell. Fawcett, 1963. 127pp. 1st pb. ed.  Rare.  $14

Lincoln, C. Eric, ed., Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Profile. Hill & Wang, 1979. 232pp. pb. $7

Lomax, L., The Negro Revolt. Signet, 1964. 5th printing. 288pp. pb.  $4

Lost Crops of Africa, Vol. I: Grains. Board on Science and Technology  for International Development. National Academy, 1996. 383pp. pb. b/w photos & illustrations. $8

M

Magubane, B., & I. Mandaza, Whither South Africa? Africa World, 1988. 192pp. pb. 1st ed.  $5

Major, C., Dirty Bird Blues. Mercury, 1996. 249pp. pb. 1st ed. uncorrected proofs. $5

Mandela, N., Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Little, Brown, 1994. 558pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.   $18

Mandela, W., Part of My Soul Went with Him. Norton, 1984. 168pp. hb. dj. Book Club Edition.  $8

Myers, W,,  Now is your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom. Harper Trophy, 1991. 292pp. pb. 1st ed.  $6

Myrdal, G., An American Dilemma. The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. Harper, 1944. 9th ed. 1483pp. hb(very good). liners from dust-jacket glued to inside back cover. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf. Clean pages.  $11

N

Naipaul, Shiva, North of South. An African Journey. Penguin, 1978/1987. 349pp. pb. Colorful informative African travel book. $6

O

Oates, S,, Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Harper & Row, 1982. Book Club. Photos. 559pp. hb. dj. $20

Odets, C., & W. Gibson, Golden Boy. Bantam, 1966. 127pp. pb. b/w photos. A Sammy Davis, Jr. musical. $5

Osborne, C., et al., I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King in Text and Pictures. Time-Life, 1968. 1st ed. 96pp + many photos. Large pb.  Clean and very collectible, hard to find in very good condition.  $10

Osofsky, G., ed., Puttin' On Ole Massa. Harper, 1969. 409pp. pb. Slave narratives. $10

P

Parks, G., The Learning Tree. Fawcett Crest, 1969. 240pp. pb.  5th printing.  $4

Paton, A., Cry, the Beloved Country. Scribner, 1948. 283pp. pb. $7

Piro, R., Black Fiddler. Morrow, 1971. 242pp. photos. hb. dj.  Story of a white teacher's fight to produce a Jewish musical in a black ghetto school.  ExLib.  $6

R

Rainwater, L., Black Experience. Soul. Transaction book 6. Aldine, 1970. 188+2 pp. pb(worn edges, surface tears on back). 2nd ed. Essays by 9 writers. B/w photo of black saxophonist on cover. Tight clean copy. $15

Ray, J. E., Who Killed Martin Luther King? National, 1992. 285pp. hb. dj. 1st ed. $12

Robeson, E. G., African Journey. Day, 1945. 154pp. hb. 64pp. Plus 66 photographic plates. Rare.  $15

Robinson, A. L., et al., Black Studies in the University. Bantam, 1969. 241pp. From the controversial Yale University conference.  Slight UL.  1st Bantam pb. ed.  $7

S

Schulberg, B., (ed.) From the Ashes: The Voices of Watts. New American Library, 1967.  278pp.  hb. 1st ed.  19 authors reflect on Watts.  Rare.  $20

Schulman, L. M., ed., Come out the Wilderness. Popular, 1965. 125pp. pb. Eight stories by J. Baldwin, L. Hughes and others.  $7

Schwarz-Bart, S., The Bridge of Beyond. Heinemann, 1972/1982. 174pp. pb. "Simpson"  written on cover below the name "Bart".  $4

Shange, N., For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf. Macmillan, 1977. 51pp. hb. dj(small tears). Book Club ed. $10

Silberman, C. E., Crisis in Black and White. Random/Vintage, 1964. 371pp. pb. UL on pp. 252-285.  $4

Simmons III, W., Inside Corporate America. A Guide for African Americans. Perigee, 1996. 207pp. pb.  $6

Smythe, M., ed., The Black American Reference Book. Prentice-Hall, 1976. 1026pp., hb. dj. ExLib. Excellent reference book.  $16

Snowden, F. M., Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience. Harvard, 1970. 364pp. pb. Many b&w photos. $15

Spears, J., The American Slave Trade: An Account of its Origin, Growth and Suppression.  Ballantine, 1960. 158pp. pb. Exc cond.  1st ed pb.  $5.

T

Theobald, R., ed., The New Nations of West Africa. Reference Shelf. Vol. 32. No. 2. Wilson, 1960. 179pp. hb. ExLib. 1st flyleaf cut out.  37 essays.  $8

V

Vose, C., Caucasians Only: The Supreme Court, the NAACP, and the Restrictive Covenant Cases. University of California, 1959/1973.  296pp. pb.  $6

W

Walcott, D., Collected Poems, 1948-1984. Noonday, 1990. 516pp. pb. some UL. $6

Walker, A., Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful. HJ, 1984. 79pp. hb. dj. Black stripe on top near binding.  1st ed. $20

Walker, A., Possessing the Secret of Joy. HBJ, 1992.  hb. dj. 1st ed. $15

Walker, A., The Temple of My Familiar. Women's Press, 1989. 405pp. hb. dj. British edition of the book published in the same year in the USA by HBJ.  $38

Wall, P., Prelude to Detente: An In-Depth Report on Southern Africa. Stacey International, 1975. 108pp. pb. $7

Warren, R. P., Segregation. Random, 1956. 66pp. hb. 1st ed.  ExLib.  $5

Wilson, T. Ernest, Angola Beloved. Loizeaux, 1967. 254pp. pb. Illustrations by J. Nicholson. B/w photos on front & back covers. Protestant mission point of view.  $6

Woodward, C. Vann, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. Oxford, 1971. 205pp. 2nd rv. ed., pb. $3

Woodward, C. Vann, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. Oxford, 1974. 233pp. 3rd rv. ed., pb. $4

Wright, S., This Child's Gonna Live. Delta, 1971. 276pp. 1st pb. ed.  $8

X

X, Malcolm, February 1965: The Final Speeches. ed. S. Clark, Pathfinder, 1992. 293pp. + photos. 1st ed.  Exc. cond. $12

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