Category: African American Books

From the DJ flap: This is the Christmas story, told in the simple and loving words of a Negro minister. Nobody but Roark Bradford--cherished by millions for his book, "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun", and "Green Pastures", the play which grew out of it--can record American folklore in quite this way. Previous owner's name on inside flap of DJ which is lightly edgeworn. Harper's key code (A-I) translates to January 1934 but the copyright page reads: "Copyright, 1930, 1948". An image is available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 21+ pages; 20730
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Getting Started In African Crafts

By: Comins, Jeremy

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Bruce Publishing Company : 1971

Seller ID: 22889

ISBN-13: 9780028013503

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Previous owner's name on front cover; edgewear and cover creases; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 82 pages; 22889
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Bud, Not Buddy

By: Curtis, Christopher Paul

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Scholastic : 2000

Seller ID: 20156

ISBN-13: 9780439227537

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 245 pages; 20156
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Paris Trout

By: Dexter, Pete

Price: $10.20

Publisher: Penguin : 1989

Seller ID: 20122

ISBN-13: 9780140122060

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

The mesmerizing story of the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl and the killer is Paris Trout, a respected white citizen...and a man without guilt. Winner of the National Book Award ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 20122
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Ain't No River

By: Foster, Sharon Ewell

Price: $11.10

Publisher: Alabaster Books, Multnomah Publishers : 2001

Seller ID: 19940

ISBN-13: 9781576736289

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

Garvin, a sassy, bright, self-absorbed lawyer heads home to North Carolina, determined to help her grandmother who has suddenly slimmed-down and turned into a fox, causing the town to point fingers at her and her new "escort". ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 19940
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Within The Plantation Household

By: Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina : 1995

Seller ID: 21074

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Documenting the difficult class relations between women slaveholders and slave women, this study shows how class and race as well as gender shaped women's experiences and determined their identities. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 544 pages; 21074
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When And Where I Enter (the Impact Of Black Women On Race And Sex In America)

By: Giddings, Paula

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bantam : 1985

Seller ID: 26145

ISBN-13: 9780553345612

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

American black women have a history of their own. They have served as the linchpin between the two most important social reform movements of the last one hundred years: black rights and women's rights. But their struggle is also distinct, with its own concerns, values and ambitions. [This book] fully unfolds that history for the first time. Pages a little tanned; small, faint crease on cover. Otherwise like new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages; 26145
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Junius Over Far

By: Hamilton, Virginia

Price: $14.51

Publisher: Harper & Row : 1985

Seller ID: 23771

ISBN-13: 9780060221942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

Usual ex-library marks. Summary: after his aged and mentally deteriorating grandfather leaves his family to return to his home island in the Caribbean, 14-year-old Junius decides to follow him and witnesses his island heritage while rescuing his grandfather from a dangerous situation. Ages 12-15. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; 23771
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Black Odyssey, The Afro-american Ordeal In Slavery

By: Huggins, Nathan Irvin

Price: $28.00

Publisher: NY, Pantheon Books : 1977

Seller ID: 26553

ISBN-13: 9780394416410

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

This classic work of scholarship and empathy tells the story of the self-creation of the African-American people. It assesses the full impact of the Middle Passage -- "the most traumatizing mass human migration in modern history" -- and of North American slavery both on the enslaved and on those who enslaved them. It explores the ways in which a nominally free society perverted its own freedoms and denied the fact that an inhuman institution lies at the heart of the American experience. The authority and eloquence of this work make it essential reading for all who want to understand the Americ...
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The New Racism; Reverse Discrimination In America

By: Lokos, Lionel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Arlington House : 1971

Seller ID: 17534

ISBN-13: 9780870001079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Lots of black & white photographs. PON, minor foxing. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 470 pages; 17534
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Malcolm X On Afro-american History

By: Malcolm X

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Pathfinder Press : 1970

Seller ID: 20573

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Previous owner's name on title page, edgewear; A Merit Book Series; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 74 pages; 20573
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A Day Late And A Dollar Short

By: McMillan, Terry

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Viking : 2001

Seller ID: 26676

ISBN-13: 9780670896769

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 432 pages; 26676
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Black Betty - An Easy Rawlins Mystery

By: Mosley, Walter

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Thorndike Press : 1994

Seller ID: 18262

ISBN-13: 9780786203239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Usual ex-library markings, pocket removed. ; Ex-Lib; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 425 pages; 18262
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Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's

By: Nash, Sunny

Price: $16.50

Publisher: College Station, TX, Texas A & M University Press : 1996

Seller ID: 28294

ISBN-13: 9780890967164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

Small crinkles to DJ. ; Wardlaw Book Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 186 pages; 28294
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Black Books Galore!

By: Rand, Donna & Toni Trent Parker

Price: $36.00

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons : 2001

Seller ID: 26539

ISBN-13: 9780471375258

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Square Small 4to 9" - 11; 247 pages; 26539
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Somerset Homecoming, Recovering a Lost Heritage

By: Redford, Dorothy Spruill (with Michael D'Orso)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Doubleday : 1988

Seller ID: 13353

ISBN-13: 9780385242455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Family tree endpapers. Introduction by Alex Haley. More than 24 B/W photos. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 266 pages; 13353
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Love, War, And The 96th Engineers (colored) The World War II New Guinea Diaries

By: Samuelson, Captain Hyman

Price: $35.00

Publisher: University of Illinois Press : 1995

Seller ID: 16982

ISBN-13: 9780252021794

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket

INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. An anthology of diaries and letters gives us unprecedented insights into race relations during the war in a segregated labor battalion and into the important but unsung role of the noncombatant engineers. (edited by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. ) Edgeworn DJ in mylar book jacket cover. Inscribed by "Hymie" (Captain Samuelson) . ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 319 pages; 16982; Signed by Author
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Category: African American Books