Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. iAn "historical, literary, & critical analysis" of how black characters were portrayed in children's books published 1827-1967, drawing implications for black children's identity & racial relations in general. In 219 pages with Notes, Bibliography, & Index, illustrations throughout. A… Read more about this item

1971. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Collins, Paul. An attempt to present "a personal, intimate portrait of Africa as it really exists today both in the city & in the bush,'' with the "special sympathies" of black photographer Collins, who journeyed with his infant son & writer Lee to trace this ancestors over… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1927. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. First book, purported by him to be fictional, by this pioneering civil rights activist (1871-1938), who played a leadership role in the early days of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Orig. published anonymously by Knopf in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1946. First Paperback 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Powerful novel set in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, depicting an "extraordinary experiment in political, intellectual, and economic brotherhood between freed slaves and poor whites." In 281 + [2] pages + ad for other Pocket titles in rear. Orig. published in… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company, 1932. First Thus . Soft cover. Good+. Fictionalized, but based on true accounts, of a former enslaved man in the post-Civil War South making his way back "home" to his old master. First self-published by the author in 1920, this is the First Edition, first printing, from the J. W. Burke Co.… Read more about this item

First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Star athlete turned educator & then president of the historically all-black Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, offers a review here "for the new Negro" in the heyday of the Civil Rights movement an overview of the "tremendous job & career opportunities opening up for educated young blacks everywhere in… Read more about this item

Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. This Caldecott Honor book is "a gorgeous celebration of the bond between mother and daughter,'' illustrated by the author with "lush artwork every bit as poetic as her words." A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2020, this… Read more about this item

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Details the long-neglected contributions of African-American soldiers to the western expansion of the United States & battles against Native American Indians, who gave these regiments the name "Buffalo Soldiers." In 290 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos with Index & extensive… Read more about this item

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. What did you expect when you removed the gag that closed those black mouths?" asked Jean-Paul Sartre in 1948, a query made more compelling since that time as the international black community continued to find its voice. Here, the authors, "two black intellectuals,'' trace the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Keller, Arthur I.. Disturbing "romance" that glorified white supremacy & served as the basis for D. W. Griffith's equally disturbing 1915 film of the same name, later retitled, "Birth of a Nation."First published in 1905, this is the 1906 printing… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1964. First Paperback 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. VG-/G+. Early in his career, Dr. King here "tells America why the Negro can wait no longer for civil rights" & outlines the "political implications of the civil rights movement" for the country. First published in hardcover in 1963, this is the… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. No serious student of New World Negro music can ignore this book, nor can the sociologist who pretends to know & follow Negro American culture,'' said the journal Ethnomusicology about this book. In 231 pages + 8 pages of… Read more about this item

Library Press, 1971. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Leading psychologist during this period addresses the "nature vs environment" debate in seeking to explain why Black Americans consistently underperform on standardized intelligence tests, & proposed a new explanation. The source of much controversy when first published (decades before the even more controversial "Bell Curve" debate… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell, 1964. First Paperback 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Nigerian-born American college professor examines the rise of the US Muslim movement in the 1960s & analyzes its appeal to "the lower-class urban Negro," Orig. published in hardcover in 1962, this is the First Printing of the First Mass Market Paperback Edition (Dell… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Signet, 1961. First Paperback 5th or later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. A shocking book" about the white author's quest to experience life as a Black man in the deep South, which he undertook by having his skin temporarily darkened medically & shaving his head so that he presented as "bald,… Read more about this item

Scholastic, 2004. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Qualls, Sean. The best of the best from inspirational Black Americans, all the way back to the early days of the United States. In 178 pages, well-illustrated throughout. Index & timeline of key events in black history in rear. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 2004, this hardcover… Read more about this item

Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1996. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. Orig.… Read more about this item

Scribner, 2011. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The former editor-in-chief of Atlanta magazine chronicles the transformation of that city as a result of the events of 9 April 1968, when it served as the location for the largest funeral for a private US citizen in history when it held the services for the recently… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ver Beck, Frank. A continuation of the tale of Sambo, the beloved children's character who has not been immune from charges of racism for both the story & pictures since he was first introduced by Ms Bannerman in 1899. Here, American… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983. Revised Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. G+/VG-/Good. Comprehensive overview of Black history in the United States, in a book that has become the standard bearer of this history for both young readers & adults. A groundbreaking book when it was first published in 1956 under the title, "A Pictorial… Read more about this item