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New York, 1949. A tribute “dedicated to the memory of Benjamin H. Fletcher, veteran Negro revolutionary Industrialist Unionist...and to all other valiant ones who died in the fight for Freedom.” Read by fellow Wobbly, Herbert Mahler, at Fletcher’s funeral, which was attended by 100 men and women, most of whom..... More
New York: League of Struggle for Negro Rights, 1933. First edition. From the Foreword: “This pamphlet includes drafts of (1) The Program of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights; (2) The Bill of Rights, to be again presented to Congress and the President; and (3) The Constitution and By-Laws..... More
[East Cleveland, Ohio]: RAM, Black Liberation Front of the U.S.A., 1964. A scarce single issue of the theoretical journal of RAM (Revolutionary Action Movement - Black Liberation Front of the U.S.A.), which began as a bimonthly and with this issue became a quarterly. The magazine ceased publication with the Summer-Fall..... More
Hawthorne, Calif.: Omni Publications, [ca. 1968]. First edition. An uncommon Wickliffe Vennard publication, although thematically similar to his other pamphlets: the machinations of the International Bankers and their attempt to bring about a One World Government. Stapled wrappers (5 ¼” x 8 ¼”), 24 p. Toning to wrappers, penciled owner’s..... More
Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, [ca. 1912]. Two harrowing testimonies from China Inland Mission missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Fiddler on escaping death during the Boxer Rebellion and in the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Stapled yellow wrappers (5” x 6 ”), 31, [1] p., three poorly reproduced photographs. Staple bleed, some rubbing..... More
Sarasota, Florida: Freedom Front Publishers, [ca. 196-?]. A terrific primer for 8-14-year-olds on the evil of Communism and the loathsome character of Karl Marx. The pamphlet begins, “Long, long ago there lived a man called Karl Marx. He was one of the WORST men who ever lived.” In a short..... More
New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. First edition. A support appeal for an imprisoned Davis following her alleged role in the Marin Co. Courthouse debacle. The pamphlet includes an introduction from actorvist, Ossie Davis, who helped found Davis’ Legal Defense Fund, followed by Rev. Ralph Abernathy’s “I Bring..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. First edition. The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (early 20th century), primarily in the field of psychology, like suggestion and hallucinations, using also his beliefs on mesmerism and telepathy. He..... More
Los Angeles: Elysium Inc., [1967]. First edition. An account of an experimental nude psychotherapy session held at Deer Park Nudist Resort and presided over by Drs. William E. Hartman and Paul Bindrim in which the author “found herself caught up in the turbulent reactions which resulted when repressed hostilities and..... More
New York: Streets Magazine, 1965. The second and final issue of the radical NYC literary magazine founded by Maro Riofrancos and other individuals associated with Progressive Labor. Content for this issue includes poems by Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) (“Three Movements and a Coda”) Calvin Hernton (“Jitterbugging in the Street” -..... More
New York: New Century Publishers, 1949. A Communist Party pamphlet on the case of the Trenton Six, six black men arrested for the murder of white shopkeeper, William Horner, on the morning of Jan. 27, 1949. Both the Civil Rights Congress and the NAACP offered legal help due to the..... More
Plainfield, New Jersey: Plainfield Joint Defense Committee, [ca. 1969]. A support appeal for the three remaining members of the Plainfield 12, a group of Blacks residents charged with the beating death of patrolman John V. Gleason. Gleason, “well known in the ghetto for his racism,” was pursued by an angry..... More
Cambridge, Mass.: Africa Research Group, 1969. “This Study Guide offers a bibliography of books and material about Africa which are either radical or relevant to a radical analysis.” The Africa Research Group was founded in 1968 to investigate the overt and covert U.S. penetration into Africa. Unbound newsprint wrappers, 40..... More
New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1949. First edition. A fundraising appeal from the NAACP following the 1949 alleged rape of a 17-year-old white woman by four young black men in Groveland, FL. One of the men, Ernest Thomas, fled before he could be arrested and..... More
London: National Socialist Movement, [ca. 1962]. A small one-sided handbill issued by the National Socialist Movement, which asserts that Hitler “sought the friendship of Britain in creating a new Europe based on national unity, social justice, racial betterment and defence against Communism; but the Jews forced Britain to declare war..... More
Atlanta: Georgia Commission on Education, [1964?]. First edition. One of a number of propaganda items commissioned and distributed by the Georgia Commission on Education (GCE), which sought to link the civil rights movement with Communism in order to disrupt school integration efforts. When the Highlander Folk School held its 25th..... More
Buffalo, NY: Friends of Malatesta, [197-?]. A two-sided flyer that explains the pervasiveness of institutional racism using the educational system and urban renewal as examples. Maintains that even though many individuals within the institutions themselves are not racist that they perpetuate racism through their silence and good intentions. The Friends..... More
Belmont, Massachusetts: American Opinion, [1970]. An offprint from “American Opinion,” the magazine of the John Birch Society, in which the author traces the history of the clenched fist salute as a revolutionary symbol. Many photographs of black revolutionaries, Communists, and other assorted leftists, arms raised, fist clenched. Stapled self-wrappers, 16..... More
Reedy, WV: White Power Movement, [1977]. Three stickers from George Dietz’s White Power Movement featuring slogans such as “White Power! The Only Way,” “Is your neighborhood crime infested or is it still all White?”, and “Communism Is Jewish! Buy Christian!” Dietz, who was born in Germany and had been a...... More
Los Angeles: Keep America Committee, [1956]. A pro-segregation flyer compiled by the Keep America Committee, an anti-Semitic, nationalist organization primarily run by Ms. Helen W. Courtois in Los Angeles. The recto reprints an article that originally appeared in “The County Record” in Williamsburg Co., SC, by Black minister, Rev. Webster..... More
n.p., ca. 1967. An alarmist report on the increase of psychedelic drug use and the doctors and scientists pushing such use. The author argues: "Hallucinogenic mushrooms and pathogenic micro-organisms have been introduced into the Curriculum of the Elementary Public Schools." She goes on to maintain that the commotion around busing..... More
Burbank, Calif.: American Public Relations Forum, Inc., [196-]. One of a number of variants of this anti-Communist classic whose authorship remains dubious. This edition includes two statements, “Beware of Psychiatrists” and “Communist Brainwashing for Americans,” by Congressman Burdick to the House of Representatives on the surreptitious brainwashing of loyal Americans..... More
[Washington, D. C.?: Z.I.P.P.Y.], 1985. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer for the 1985 Annual Smoke-In in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Zippies, The Committee to Make Reagan Face the Music and Eat the Rich. Featuring an illustration of Ronald Reagan with a gun firing a heart to his head..... More
Wrightstown, N.J.: Shakedown, 1969. A single issue of this GI-published underground paper from Fort Dix in New Jersey. Mostly coverage of the large protest that took place at Dix on Oct. 12, 1969 with photographs of protesters squaring off against the military. As noted by Wachsberger, this paper was alternately..... More
Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South Nashville, Tenn. A moral and ethical (as opposed to scientific) consideration of the “negro problem,” in which the author argues that racial amalgamation “can improve the negro only at the expense of the white race” (p. 94). He argues that the philanthropic..... More