New York: National Scholarship Service and Fund for Students, 1950. An early report from the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students (NSSFNS) detailing the organization’s activities from April through September 1950. Includes a summary of the number of students funded, the types of scholarships awarded, and the services..... 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
Berkeley: Independent Socialist Club, [1968]. “The ghetto uprisings which have turned cities throughout America into blazing battlefields are a natural, long-expected and entirely justified counterattack against the police and slum merchants who daily oppress the ghetto.” The ISR argues for a more organized approach to militant action, which should encompass..... More
New York: Freedom & Peace Party, [1968]. A small poster supporting Dick Gregory’s Presidential run in 1968 on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. Gregory’s running mate was activist and author Mark Lane. Included is a tri-fold brochure with more information on Gregory, Lane, and the Peace and Freedom Party..... 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
[Washington, D. C.]: The Ad Hoc Committee to Honor Julius Hobson, [1972]. A souvenir program for an event held on November 14, 1972 at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C. to honor the civil rights leader Julius Hobson (1922-1977). The event was initiated by the Washington Area Peace Action..... More
Detroit: Allan for Council Committee, [1946]. A mimeographed campaign flyer for Communist Party member William Allan’s campaign for the Detroit Common Council. Addressed to the National Negro Congress, a Communist Party affiliated organization founded in 1935, Allan criticizes the Council for “wasting” $100,000 on the Automotive Golden Jubilee while refusing..... 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
Arlington, Va. National Socialist White People's Party, ©1973. Propaganda from the National Socialist White People’s Party concerning the repatriation of blacks to Africa. Recto features excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s speeches in which he supports the need for racial separatism and the maintenance of white supremacy. Verso juxtaposes Lincoln’s plan to..... 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
New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1969. “This resolution was written for the Young Socialist National Convention to be held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, December 27-30, 1969. It was drafted by the National Executive Committee of the Young Socialist Alliance. This draft resolution is a continuation and elaboration..... More
Washington, D. C. Southern States Press Association, [1958]. A virtually unobtainable racist and anti-Semitic publication concocted by Eustace Mullins, but issued under the pseudonym George Thomas Adams for the fictitious Southern States Press Association. The newsletter is a compilation of horrific news clippings of Black crime against White women and..... More
Detroit: International UAW-CIO Fair Practices Committee, [1943]. “This reprint from the UAW-CIO Policy Manual is being distributed for the handy reference and use of local stewards, committeemen and officers, and for International Representatives. It presents in simplified form all of the pertinent information about the President’s Committee on Fair Employment..... 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
San Francisco: First African Arabian Press, 1980-1989. A collection of four books by Dr. Khalid Abdullah Tariq Al-Mansour (b. Donald Warden), a lawyer and businessman with deep ties to various Saudi businesses. He founded the Afro-American Association at UC Berkeley, which attracted Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, before founding an..... More
Culver City, CA: Anti-Racist Action Publishers, 2011. First edition. Tabloid newspaper format printed in black on newsprint; [8] pp. Single issue of this ARA journal, which includes an announcement of the formation of the Brown Riders Liberation Army, a lighter shade of the Black Riders Liberation Army; also, an update..... More
n.p., [ca. 1964]. "The first in a series of discussion papers on community organizing, organization and political action." Discusses the attempt by Yonkers CORE to organize tenant councils in the Negro section of Yonkers. Proposes a continuance of community organizing in this area with the recommendation that it be organized..... More
[Berkeley?: Bay Area Blacks United]. An 8½” x 11” mimeographed sheet threatening a boycott of businesses in downtown Berkeley, which the Bay Area Blacks United accuse of being run like a plantation. The boycott began on Aug. 31, 1968, in protest against numerous instances of police brutality against black citizens..... More
[Palm Beach, Florida]: Closer Up, 1958. A ‘Special Supplement’ of the far right newsletter founded by Upton Close (b. Josef Washington Hall) and edited by Don Bell, which focuses on the mechanism of heredity and the molecular differences between the races. The mutation that causes sickle cell anemia is used..... More
Los Angeles: National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, [1964]. First edition. Stapled wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ¼”), 49 pp, illus. Light rubbing to wrappers, else Near Fine. Argues that HUAC perpetuates the unsubstantiated claim that the civil rights movement is Communist directed and therefore buttresses the..... More
Oakland, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1987. 25.5 x 18 cm; 64 pp. Saddle-stapled wrappers are slightly rubbed with cheap paper browning, else Near Fine. This issue dedicated to "Southern Africa: A Frontline War" and includes "An American Agenda with Southern Africa" by Jesse L. Jackson; "Strategic Options for International..... More
Ithaca: Firebrand Books, 1986. First Edition. The second book of poems from black lesbian poet & essayist Cheryl Clarke. Clarke and her partner now operate Blenheim Hill Books as part of the Hobart Book Village in the Catskills. Perfect-bound (5 ½” x 8 ½”), 94 p. Some poems with penciled..... More
New York: Lyle Stuart, ©1960. “This Is What We Found began as a history assignment for Carl Creger, a seventeen-year-old white student of Little Rock’s Central High School. Ralph Creger is his father, chief train dispatcher in Little Rock for the Rock Island Railroad. Both father and son became so..... More
Oakland: Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2000. A single issue of the organ of the Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, an organization founded to further the BPP's original ten-point program. This issue includes updates on the campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, on David Hilliard's Oakland City..... More
[Detroit?: Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement], [1970]. A large ca. 23” x 30” offset printed poster featuring a photograph of the 1970 election slate of the Dodge Revolutionary Movement Union (DRUM) followed by 16 demands. Some wear, creasing and small closed tears to the edges. No record for this poster in..... More