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New York:: Dial Press,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. A memoir by one of the most influential, controversial, and complex Black politicians of the first half of the 20th century, one which details his childhood in Harlem, his education at an all-white college, his years spent preaching the gospel, and his rise to political fame, as a flamboyant black congressman, a civil-rights activist who was also notorious for his private life. "As the congressman from Harlem, he denounced racist southern colleagues and introduced the 'Powell Amendment' to deny federal funds to projects or organizations that practiced discrimination. In 1960, he became chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, then the strongest position ever held by a black in the US government - and he became a thorn in the side of ally and foe alike. He was a maverick seldom bound by party, duty, or conventional morality, although in this book, he… Read More

Bloomington & London:: Indiana University Press,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-school-library, but a very tight clean copy with relatively few markings in a good dustjacket (chip on front cover, fading to the spine.). First printing. A comprehensive account of those critical years in the civil rghts movement. Index. 345 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster,, (2001.). Very good ( tear at top of spine.). Large trade paperback. Winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A definitive study of a cataclysmic year in the Civil Rights struggle - a year that saw fire hoses and police dogs turned on non-violent protestors, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which killed 4 young black girls and more. Based on police and FBI documents, interviews with black activists and Ku Klux Klan members. 719 pp with index

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2009). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An account written for young adults of the role of teenager Claudette Colvin in sparking the Montgomery bus boycott - " On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, [this is the] first in-depth account… Read More

New York:: Putnam,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing.

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press,, (2009). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A first hand account of the early days of America's civil rights struggle. Inspired by the actions of the four black college students who refused to leave the whites-only lunch counter of a Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's on February 1, 1960, D'Army Bailey, the freshman class president at Southern University - the largest predominantly black college in the nation - joined with his classmates in their battle against segregation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now a circuit court judge in Tennessee, this is a look at the years that changed America and shaped his life. Warmly INSCRIBED by Bailey on the half title page. Foreword by Nikki Giovanni. Illustrated with photographs, index. xiv, 257 pp.

New York:: John Wiley & Sons,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first complete story of the life of a remarkable woman who rose from poverty and oppression to become a hero of the civil rights movement. Born in Virginia in 1903, she moved North in 1927 to New York at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, where she began organizing consumer co-operatives and working for the NAACP. Although Ella Baker was a vital grass roots organizer in the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the establishment of Dr. Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, she remains a relatively obscure figure compared to male colleagues such as Dr. King, Ralph Abernathy, and Stokely Carmichael. Grant first met Ella Baker in 1960, and they remained friends and coworkers until Miss Baker's death in 1986; in this book she draws on many sources, including extensive interviews with Ella Baker and her friends, relatives, and… Read More

New York:: Haymarket Books,, 2016.. First edition -. Fine in glossy black illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) In this analysis, "activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and argues that the persistence of structural problems such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment have created a context in which this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation." Extensive notes. 254 pp. Issued as a trade paperback original.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collaboration between these two noted Black scholars and writers, two essays which look at W.E.B. DuBois's concept of the talented tenth, and address the dreams, fears, aspirations, and responsibilities of the Black community - especially the Black middle class and elite - on the eve of the 21st century. Appendix with the DuBois's Talented Tenth address, notes. xvii, 196 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of the making of the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" and an examination of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963 and the trial over 30 years later of his killer. Reading list, index. 288 pp.

New Rochelle, NY:: Arlington House,, (1968). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to the dj).. First printing. A conservative's take on the legacy of Martin Luther King - the creation of a "house divided" for the second time - but this time, it is not between slavery and freedom, but "between law and lawlessness." Notes, index. 567 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (1966.). Good condiiton. . Trade paperback. Covers events from the filing of the original suit on behalf of 13 African American children in Topeka, Kansas to the decision in the 1954 landmark case, Brown v. The Board of Education. Index of juridical terms and general index. 161 pp.

Ottawa, IL: : Jameson Books Inc.,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages). First printing. A rather controversial look at the life of Jesse Jackson - As it discusses his contributions to the civil rights movement, and examines his political career, the authors contend that Jackson used race politics to advance his own aspirations for wealth and power. Foreword by Ralph Abernathy. Notes on sources, index. viii, 269 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, 1995.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A look at the historical alliances and difference between the two communities in the hopes that once again they can understand each other and work together. 276 pages.

New York:: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion,, (2003.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this significant Supreme Court decision, this is an anthology by ten of today's top writers for children - both African American and white - including Eloise Greenfield, Ishmael Reed, Quincy Troupe, Lois Lowry, Jean Craighead George, Jerry Spinelli, Katherine Patterson, Michael Cart, Leona Nicholas Welch and Thomas herself - which presents their experiences and recollections of life before the historical Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools in 1954, and afterwards. SIGNED by THREE authors: by Joyce Carol Thomas on the title page, by Ishmael Reed on the dedication page, and by Lois Lowry at her essay "Anthony." Uncommon thus. Illustrated with full page color pastel drawings by James Curtis. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 114 pp.

New York:: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion,, (2003.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (pages are loosely laid into the dust jacket, not bound) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this significant Supreme Court decision, this is an anthology by ten of today's top writers for children - both African American and white - including Eloise Greenfield, Ishmael Reed, Quincy Troupe, Lois Lowry, Jean Craighead George, Jerry Spinelli, Katherine Patterson, Michael Cart, Leona Nicholas Welch and Thomas herself - which presents their experiences and recollections of life before the historical Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools in 1954, and afterwards. SIGNED by Lois Lowry at her contribution "Anthony." Illustrated with full page color pastel drawings by James Curtis. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 114 pp.

New York:: Carroll & Graf,, (1992). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder line). First printing, a trade paperback.. An introduction to the basic views of Malcolm X in an alphabetical format, which includes brief quotations from interviews with Malcolm X, as well as short reminiscences by those who knew him. Illustrated with photographs. 160 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, 2019.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A memoir of this trailblazing African American civil rights attorney, published shortly after her death in 2018 at the age of 104. "At a time when African American attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the bathroom, Roundtree took on Washingtons white legal establishment and prevailed, winning a 1955 landmark bus desegregation case that would help to dismantle the practice of 'separate but equal' and shatter Jim Crow laws. Later, she led the vanguard of women ordained to the ministry in the AME Church in 1961, merging her law practice with her ministry to fight for families and children being destroyed by urban violence." Foreword by Tayari Jones.Notes, selection of discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, index. 271 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1972). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a tight and sturdy copy in a good dust jacket (spine label). First printing. Biography of this civil rights activist and labor unionist (in 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union.) He developed the civil rights tactics which Martin Luther King, Jr. later used, and was influential in organizing the March on Washington. Introduction by Bayard Rustin. (The excellent 2023 film 'Rustin' depicts his importance to the movement and that event) Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, index. xii, 174 pp.

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1965.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fair only dustjacket. with chips on the top of the spine and the back cover (previous owner's name mostly hidden by dj flap). First printing. Anthology of original source documents compiled from the writings of African-American activists from 1895 through 1965, including Monroe Trotter, Bayard Rustin, W.E.B. DuBois, A. Philip Randolph, Marcus Garvey, Angelo Herndon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, John Lewis, and many others. Information on the founding and aims of the various protest movements: The Niagara Movement, NAACP, CORE, SNCC, SCLC, etc. The first book publication of some of the documents. A title in The American Heritage Series under the general editorship of Leonard W. Levy and Alfred Young. Index. xliii, 444 pp.