Search Results: African Americans from By The Way Books

Cherry Hill, NJ: Africana Homestead Legacy, 2008. First edition. Hardbound in fine condition except for former owner name written inside cover.. 467 pages. Meticulously researched, Harry Bradshaw Matthews discusses antislavery movements in African American communities in New York State, as well as Pennsylvania and South Carolina, and their role in national movements during the 19th century. He identifies and discusses black leaders, historic sites, and teaches how to conduct genealogical research. By compiling hundreds of illustrations consisting of newspaper articles, editorials, notices, and the name indexes of the 20th and 26th Regiments of the United States Colored Troops, Matthews gives a wealth of genealogical information. This treasure-trove will aid scholars and family historians for years to come.

New York: Crown, 2020. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. xix, 239 pages. We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the election of Donald Trump, a president whose victory represents yet another failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race. From Charlottesville to the policies of child separation at the border, his administration turned its back on the promise of Obama's presidency and refused to embrace a vision of the country shorn of the insidious belief that white people matter more than others.We have been here before: For James Baldwin, these after times came in the wake of the civil rights movement, when a similar attempt to compel a national confrontation with the truth was answered with the murders of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. In these years, spanning from the publication of The Fire Next Time in 1963… Read More

New York: Random House, 2015. First edition, First printing. Hardbound in fine condition in fine dust jacket.. 152 pages.

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1980. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in near very good dust jacket.. 165 pages.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition except for a couple paint spots on the spine.. [xxxiv] 234 pages.

Kansas City: The African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1984. Cloth bound in near very good condition.. 472 pages.

New York: NAACP, 1980. Magazine in near very good condition; Covers and first page edges frayed, apparent insect damage.. 120 pages.

Chicago: Third World Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback in near very good condition; Last page wrinkled and creased, likely due to a production issue.. Inscribed by the wuthor on the title page to fellow black arts writer, Marvin X; 105 pages.

New York: Random House, 1969. First edition. Very good in a near very good DJ, spine slightly darked.. Edited with an appraisal by Robert Scheer; 211 pages.

New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2000. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. 235 pages.

New York: Comet Press Books, 1954. First edition. Cloth bound in near very good condition; Jacket fairly darkened, toned, at rear; Former owner stamp on end paper, jacket inner flap and title page.. 41 pages.

New York: Lippincott, 1971. First edition. Hardbound in near very good condition in near very good dust jacket; Some staining to the page edges, not affecting page surfaces; A few stains and tears to the jacket and jacket spine faded.. 256 pages.

New York: Dell Publishing, 1992. First edition. Paperback in very good condition; Private library stamp on page fore edges.. 231 pages.

New York: Lippincott, 1971. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket; Bit of a concave crease to teh upper spine; Slight were to jacket spine ends.. 256 pages.

New York: Lippincott, 1971. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket.. 256 pages.

New York: Songhai Press, 1972. First edition. Paperback in very good conditionLight wear to edges, light crease to cover.. Illustrated by Abdul Rahman; 90 pages.

New York: Warner Books, 2006. First edition. Fine condition in very good dust jacket.. 244 pages.

London: Allen Lane, 1974. First UK edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket; Modest spotting and a small stain to top of page edges.. 174 pages.

New York: Signet, 1970. Later printing. Paperback in very good condition, other than dark toning to inside of covers.. Inscribed by Robert Nemiroff, editor and former husband of Lorraine Hansberry, to actor Terry Hinz; Introduction by James Baldwin; 271 pages.

New York: One World, 2019. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. Signed by Coates on second end paper; 403 pages.