This book is the unforeseen product of one of the activities conducted by the NAACP as part of its year-long observance of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Biographical sketches were prepared and distributed as part of the Association's regular press service to hundreds of newspapers. The response to them overwhelmingly justified this compilation of those biographies. Four or five small rubbed spots on orange covers; pages were hand-numbered; minor wear and moderate foxing; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 35 pages; 21762 View More...
The absorbing story of one man's journey from his dirt-poor childhood in Franklin, Louisiana, to his coming of age on the streets Oakland, California. Along the way, Brent finds himself scrapping with the law, learning to survive in San Quentin, growing steadily more politically aware of the many ways his own individual course is bound up with the destiny of African-Americans generally. Brent's intuitive resentment of unjust and abusiv authority marked him as a troublemaker from an early age. It would leave Its stamp upon his character as a man. Deckled edges. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" ... View More...
An examination of African-American imagery and participation in American movies includes a timeline of important African-American events in film history and discusses the achievements of noted celebrities, including Eddy Murphy, Sidney Poitier, Halle Berry, Spike Lee, et al. Mild wear, remainder mark ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages; 25134 View More...
Contents: John Z. DeLorean on The Problem; Gerson Green and Geoffrey Faux on the Social Utility of Black Enterprise; John McClaughry on Black Ownership and National Politics; Roy Innis on Separatist Economics: A New Social Contract; plus 8 more papers from Howard J. Samuels, A. Wright Elliott, Peter F. McNeish, David B. Hertz, Lawrence Johnson and Wendell Smith, Dunbar S. McLaurin and Cyril D. Tyson, G. Douglas Pugh, and Martin Skala. Crease to lower edge of front DJ flap. In mylar Book Jacket Cover. ; The American Assembly, Columbia University Series; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 176+ pages; 28777 View More...
Uncivil Wars shows what happens when the new racial orthodoxy collides with tolerance and free speech and what the implications of this conflict are for American education and culture. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 147 pages; 30989 View More...
This collection of plays focusing on the Black experience in America includes "The Hall of Black American Heroes", "John Henry", "I Have a Dream" and 8 others. Usual ex-library marks. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages; 23777 View More...
"used" tape on spine removed, leaving a scuff on front board. Some soil on boards, writing on foredge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 387 pages; 22785 View More...
Citing a trend among African-American baby-boomers who are becoming increasingly interested in spirituality, a cultural examination considers what the church represents to African Americans and predicts widespread social change. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; 30534 View More...
An Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa?s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948. Alan Paton?s impassioned novel about a black man?s country under white man?s law is a work of searing beauty. Minor edgewear, front gutter cracking, previous owner's name. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages; 25418 View More...
The 1859 novel tracing the life of a mulatto foundling abused by a white family in 19th century New England. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; 22692 View More...
