Brown, Claude

Manchild in the Promised Land

New York: The Macmillan Company / London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, (1965). (1965). New York: The Macmillan Company / London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, (1965). (1965). Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The edges of the dust jacket panels & flaps are somewhat darkened & there are some small stains to the jacket spine. 415 pages. Very good.

Fourth printing.

"I want to talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes. I want to talk about the experiences of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society..The characters are sons and daughters of former Southern share-croppers. These were the poorest people of the South, who poured into New York City during the decade following the Great Depression.." [From Brown's Foreword]. Very good .

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Book number: 11162

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BLACK STUDIES; RACE; RACISM; BLACKS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; SOUTHERN BLACKS; NEW YORK CITY; MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND; CLAUDE BROWN; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HARLEM; GHETTO.

Ford, Richard B

Tradition and Change in the Republic of South Africa: An Inquiry Approach

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (1968). (1968). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (1968). (1968). Very good. - Small quarto [approximatley 9-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial reddish brown wrappers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a remnant of a price-sticker on the front wrap. viii, 86 & [2] pages. Illustrated with color maps & plans. The contents are very good.

Holt Social Studies Curriculum. General Editor Edwin Fenton. Very good .

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Book number: 16713

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BLACK STUDIES; HISTORY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITION AND CHANGE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; RICHARD B. FORD; RACE RELATIONS; APARTHEID; HOTTENTOTS; BUSHMEN; BOERS; BANTU; ZULUS; BRITISH; AFRIKANERS; MAPS.

Swann Galleries.

Printed & Manuscript African Americana. Public Auction Sale 2171. Thursday, February 26th, 2009.

New York: Swann Galleries, 2009. 2009. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. 432 items are listed and described in this illustrated auction catalog. Fine .

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Book number: 37369

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BLACK STUDIES; REFERENCE; AUCTION CATALOG; SWANN GALLERIES; PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA; SLAVERY; ABOLITION; ART BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; BUSINESS; CIVIL RIGHTS; LITERATURE; POETRY; MILITARY; MUSIC; PHOTOGRAPHY.

Miller, Elizabeth W.; compiler

The Negro in America: A Bibliography. With a Foreword by Thomas F. Pettigrew

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1968). (1968). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1968). (1968). Fine. - Octavo, tan cloth, in dw. The dw is slightly soiled. 190 pp. Near fine in a very good dw.

Third printing. Fine .

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Book number: 5938

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Black Studies). THE NEGRO IN AMERICA: A Bibliography. With a Foreword by Thomas F. Pettigrew. Miller, Elizabeth W.; compiler.

Newbold, Jr., Robert T.; Agnew, Spiro T.

Autograph Note Signed by the Future Vice-President: Spiro Agnew's Bitter Response to a Plea from a Black Leader on Behalf of Protesting Bowie Students.

Annapolis, MD: April 9, 1968. 1968. Annapolis, MD: April 9, 1968. 1968. Very good. - A 5-3/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide original Western Union Telegram. The telegram from the Rev. Robert T. Newbold, Jr. was sent from Atlanta Georgia to Governor Spiro T. Agnew in Annapolis, MD on April 9, 1968 - the day of the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Newbold suggests that the charges against the Bowie students be dropped and that Agnew seek better advice as to race relations. He mentions that he is attending King's funeral. In his response, Agnew writes a note, penned in his hand, on the bottom right of the telegram addressing his chief-of-staff Art Sohmer: "Suggest Bob Newbold straighten out or we forget him." Signed as usual with his initials "Sta". "In the 1960s, Bowie State University, like all HBCUs, was woefully underfunded compared to predominantly White state funded schools. From 1957-1967, Bowie State received less in funds for construction than any state college in Maryland, and was consistently at the bottom for academic funding. In 1968, student protests erupted at HBCUs from Baltimore to Tuskegee. In March, over 200 Bowie undergraduates demonstrated with 90 Howard University students in solidarity. Students submitted grievances to Bowie president Samuel Myers including the poor conditions of school facilities and lack of academic resources. On April 4, students organized a "study-in" at the State House in Annapolis to get the attention of Governor Spiro Agnew. Agnew responded by arresting the protestors, 227 students, or around one-third of the student body. He also closed the school. At a press conference, Agnew blamed the protests on "outside influences" and insisted the issue wasn't a racial dispute, but about respect for the law. The same day, the world would learn about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." - The Baltimore Sun. Rev. Robert T. Newbold, Jr. (1920-2007) was active in Baltimore's civil rights movement and other civic organizations such as the Citizens Planning and Housing Association and the Governor's Commission on Juvenile Delinquency. Known as a gifted preacher, he published "Black Preaching: Select Sermons in the Presbyterian Tradition" in 1977 and contributed many articles to Presbyterian magazines. Spiro T. Agnew was Governor of Maryland from 1967-1969. Very good .

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Book number: 98620

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: SPIRO T. AGNEW; ROBERT T. NEWBOLD, JR.; BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY; HBCU; BOWIE STUDENT PROTESTS; ANNAPOLIS STATE HOUSE STUDY-IN; STUDENTS ARRESTED; BOWIE UNIVERSITY CLOSED; BLACK LEADERSHIP; MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FUNERAL; WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM; AUTOGRAPH N

Reed, Ishmael

Airing Dirty Laundry

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, (1993). (1993). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, (1993). (1993). Fine. - Octavo, gray paper covered boards backed with black cloth titled in red on the spine, in a dust wrapper. xix & 284 pages. Fine.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on the title: "for Len, / Thanks for the tremendous effort you've made on behalf of 'Airing Dirty Laundry' / I appreciate it / Cheers / Ishmael [Reed] / Mar 9, 1993". Fine .

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Book number: 7520

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BLACK STUDIES; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; BLACK; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ISHMAEL REED; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY; RACE; CLARENCE THOMAS; MIKE TYSON; RODNEY KING; RACISM; PROFILES; DRUGS; POLITICS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FI

Taylor, Sidney; editor

The New Africans: A Guide to the Contemporary History of Emergent Africa and Its Leaders. Written by Fifty Correspondents of Reuters News Agency

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1967). (1967). NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1967). (1967). Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt, in dw. 504 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Ex-library with stamps on top & bottom edges of the books, discard stamp on the front endpaper & a label removed from the dw spine. Good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 5939

Catalogue: Black Studies

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Black Studies). THE NEW AFRICANS: A Guide to the Contemporary History of Emergent Africa and Its Leaders. Written by Fifty Correspondents of Reuters News Agency. Taylor, Sidney; editor.