n.p. [Partisan Defense Committee?], [1994]. A poster announcing a demonstration organized by the Partisan Defense Committee against the Klan and other white supremacists in Springfield, IL, on January 16, 1994. The Klan was protesting the existence of Martin Luther King holiday, which was first observed in 1986. Approximately 55 white..... More
[France]: [Stand-Art?], 1977. A large promotional poster (ca. 30” x 22 ½”) for the French documentary film Angela Davis, L'Enchainement (1977), known in English as Angela Davis, The Sequence of Events (it has not been commercially released in the U.S.).Directed by Jean-Daniel Simon, a French communist intellectual, the filmmaker followed..... More
Washington, D. C. Blacks Against Nukes, Inc., 1983. An issue of B.A.N.’s newsletter, published to “be an educational center of information for Black, Third World, and poor people to make them aware of the serious implications of nuclear power and weapons.” This issue reprints excerpts of a letter from a...... More
[Fort Worth?]: Wonderful Workers of the World, [1947]. A small broadside announcing a membership drive for the Wonderful Workers of the World, an African-American benevolent association incorporated in Texas in 1920. The organization established lodges throughout the state, as well as in Louisiana and California and appears to have lasted..... More
![Item #10531 The Black American Truth Journal: Voice of the Black Silent Mayority [sic] Committee](https://davidanthembookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10531.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674588725)
San Antonio: Black Truth Journal, 1987. An issue of this conservative black political newsletter with this issue mainly focusing on the deleterious effects of sanctions in apartheid South Africa and the brutality of the ANC / UDF. Other content reports on the number of blacks serving in top level positions..... More
Various cities: Pan-African Association, et al. 1990s. A collection of material from the Memphis branch of the Pan-African Association of America, one of ten regional groups under the aegis of the Pan African Movement Worldwide. According to business records the Memphis branch was officially incorporated in March, 1995, by Dr..... More
[Philadelphia]: [The American Exhibiting Artists], [1963]. The constitution and by-laws (incomplete) of the American Exhibiting Artists, a group of largely unknown black Philadelphia artists founded in 1963 “to promote art among Colored and all other People in the Greater Philadelphia area.” In the preamble, the group describes its purpose to..... More
Berkeley: Racism Research Project, 1975. A Marxist critique of the Black Nation Thesis, which the Racism Research Project contends was a misapplication of Stalin’s thesis on nationhood and the perpetuation of arbitrarily assigned racial categories. Stapled wrappers (8 ½” x 5 ½”), 32 p. Faint soiling to bottom of pages..... More
[Philadelphia]: Office of the District Superintendent, District One, Locke School, [196-?]. An 8 ½” x 11” mimeographed flyer announcing a talk at Locke School on the topic of “Inner Tensions and Gang Conflict in the Community.” The event was co-sponsored by the Educational Equality League, which was founded in 1932..... More
San Francisco: International Committee to Release Eldridge Cleaver, [1968]. An information sheet and petition demanding the release of Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver following a shootout between the Panther and the Oakland police, in which Cleaver was wounded and Panther Bobby Hutton was killed. The recto includes information on Cleaver’s legal..... More
[Chicago]: B & W Printing Company, [1972]. A striking poster featuring a photograph of shirtless, barefoot, enchained Republic of New Afrika (RNA) prisoners being perp walked under the RNA slogan, “Free the Land!!” The public nature of the humiliating spectacle is clearly redolent of slave iconography and the choice of..... More
Richmond: The Patrick Henry Group, [1963?]. 50 profiles compiled from HUAC data showing the Communist sympathies of officers, members of the board of Directors, legal, health and other committees of the NAACP, as well as to certain members of the organization’s executive staff. Implicated figures including W. E. B DuBois..... More
[New York]: Local 1 UPW-CIO, 1949. A folder of 17 songs distributed at the UPWA’s 1949 convention. Attendees were encouraged to “Save this Folder [to] “sing while you fight - on the picket line - on a picnic - at chapter meetings - socials - always.” The bulk of the..... More
[New York]: [Communist Party USA], [1956]. An important internal document issued by the Harlem Regional Committee in response to the controversial Draft Resolution for the 16th National Convention of the Communist Party, U.S.A.. This report from the Harlem Committee states that “the Draft Resolution must state unequivocally that only a...... More
Chicago: Cooperative Research Network, 1986. A 10-part study guide on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his development as a civil rights leader. The guide begins with an introduction followed by a chronological biographical sketch. Each of the ten sections include an introductory paragraph, required reading citation, four..... More
Communist Party, [1965?]. The Communist Party describes the characteristics and importance of the Negro revolution and situates it within the broader context of American political life directly following the assassination of President Kennedy. Corner-stapled 14” x 8 ½” sheets mimeographed on rectos only, folded (8 ½” x 7”), cover sheet..... More
![Item #10690 "The Party and the Struggle for Negro Rights" [in] The Party Review, Number 2](https://davidanthembookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10690.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1679481016)
San Francisco: California state organization of the Communist party, U.S.A., [195-]. An issue of the CPUSA’s pre-convention discussion bulletin featuring issues of interest to the California party members. The two internal pages feature two articles under the heading “The Party and the struggle for Negro rights.” In “Deep are the..... More
Pasadena: The Network of Patriotic Letter Writers, [1966]. A small two-sided poster distributed by the right wing Network of Patriotic Letter Writers reprinting two articles from the Congressional Record on Communist Plans for Guerrilla Warfare in the United States, an article from Frank Capell’s Herald of Freedom on The Black..... More
[Chapel Hill, NC]: Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective, n.d. A poster commemorating the April birthdays of imprisoned political activists Mumia Abu Jamal, MOVE members Chuck Sims Africa, Janet Holloway Africa, and Janine Phillips Africa, and Black Panthers Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald & Marshal Eddie Conway. With instructions for properly corresponding with..... More
Re-Evaluation Counseling, [197-?]. A poster advertising a screening of the 1970 documentary King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis at UC Davis and sponsored by the controversial peer counseling group, Re-evaluation Counseling. The documentary was directed by Sidney Lumet and featured newsreel footage of King from 1955 until his assassination with..... More
Los Angeles: American Eugenics Party, 1960s. The American Eugenics Party (AEP) was an obscure, pseudo-scientific white supremacist group based in California during the 1960s. Samuel Andrisani was the group’s primary spokesman, although John S. Vanders is listed as the group’s Public Relations Manager on one of the items. In 1967..... More
Southern California District Communist Party, U.S.A., 1959. A reproduction of the 1946 Resolution, which formalized the Communist Party’s commitment to black liberation and civil rights. As stated at the outset, “Defense of Negro rights has became an imperative and inescapable task of the American labor-progressive coalition in the struggle against..... More
Washington, D. C. Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, [1970]. A booklet for an exhibition curated by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Washington, D. C., on the accomplishment of black scientists throughout history. Included with the text are illustrations and photographs of some of the twenty-two panels of photographic mounts, silkscreened text, and..... More
[Chicago]: 1972. A flyer advertising a fundraising event for imprisoned black activists in Chicago at the Episcopal Church of Epiphany at 201 South Ashland Ave. The speaker was Harabu Tafadhali Himiya author of the book Genocide and donations were to be used in behalf of a wide selection of imprisoned..... More
Oakland: Uhuru House, [1983]. A flyer documenting the dispute between the African People’s Socialist Party and their landlord Asher Levine, who they accuse of being a slumlord. Following Levine’s neglect of Uhuru House, the APSP began withholding rent and demanding reparations. Levine countered by “harassing” the group and numerous APSP..... More