Philadelphia: American Civil Liberties Union, [ca. 1954]. A detailed analysis of the dismissal of educators from Temple Univ., Jefferson Medical College, and the Philadelphia public schools for invoking the Fifth Amendment when called to testify in front of HUAC. Stapled wrappers (6” x 9”), 36 p. About Fine. More
San Francisco: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1972]. A pamphlet celebrating the acquittal of Angela Davis and detailing the grassroots campaign that led to her release. Includes a lengthy preface by the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis followed by the closing defense argument of Davis’ attorney..... More
n.p. n.p., [1957?]. A leaflet distributed by an anonymous source “proving” Chief Justice Earl Warren’s compromised position on the Supreme Court based on his attendance at a Jewish Theological Seminary event on the Talmud. Reprints a New York Times article detailing the event with salient passages underlined by the anonymous..... More
[California?]: [National Organization of Rosenberg-Sobell Committees], [1953]. A packet of pre-conference discussion issued by the National Organization of Rosenberg-Sobell Committees for their Chicago conference, Oct. 10-11, 1953. The packet begins with full page quote by Abraham Lincoln followed by excerpts from a letter by Morton Sobell writing to his wife..... More
New York: National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1972. A single issue the radical legal organ of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee formed in 1951. Content for this issue includes “Perversion of the grand jury” by Leon Quat, “An Rx for political trials,” by Isadore Silver, “The duty of the..... More
Seattle: Counsellor Publishing Company, 1933. A single issue of the official organ of the Women’s Legislative Council of Washington, which was published from 1916 until at least 1938. Articles include “Debts, Tariffs and Trade” by Jessie Bullock Kastner, “Farm Mortgate Loans” by Lady Willie Forbus, “International Relations” by the W...... More
New York: Committee to Defend the Panthers, [1969]. Issues 7 (Oct. 19-22) and 8 (Oct. 26-29) of the weekly newsletter published by the Committee to Defend the Panthers, which provided supporters with up-to-date news related to the trial of 21 Black Panthers arrested on conspiracy to set off bombs and..... More
New York: Committee to Defend the Panthers, [1969]. A single issue of the weekly newsletter published by the Committee to Defend the Panthers, which provided supporters with up-to-date news related to the trial of 21 Black Panthers arrested on conspiracy to set off bombs and assassinate police officers in NYC..... More
New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. 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 an Indictment..... More
New York: International Labor Defense, 1935. An appeal for the release of Angelo Herndon, a black Communist organizer sentenced to 18-20 years in an Atlanta prison after being charged under a pre-Civil War law for insurrection. Herndon had been organizing black & white workers in Atlanta in July 1932 when..... More
Albuquerque: Fox Publishing, [1970]. Third Edition. “Shysterism, U.S.A., is an Exposé of the legal profession, bar associations, judges, and our American Courts & those responsible for the incredible farce we have masquerading as justice in the system as operated in America today. This blistering attack will be delivered with sledge-hammer..... More
Washington, D. C. National Putnam Letters Committee, [ca. 1964]. Segregationist report on The Evers Opinion, in which a Judge Mize in Mississippi found that there are different race-based educational needs, but that he was bound by the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision upholding school integration. The National..... More
New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. The summation speech given by the influential black Communist Party member and labor organizer at his Smith Act trial in 1953. With an introduction by fellow CP member Herbert Aptheker. Stapled wrappers (7 ¼” x 5”), 16 p. Near Fine. More
Washington, D. C.: Various publishers, 1930-1934. Five publications related to James Brown Scott (1866-1943), an authority on international law, who became involved with Doris Stevens and the National Woman’s Party during the late 1920s. As the NWP expanded its scope to include an international recognition of equal rights for women..... More
[1964]. A two-sided flyer protesting the Civil Rights Act first proposed by John F. Kennedy in June, 1963 and signed into law nearly a year later under Lyndon Johnson. Many on the Right feared that the legislation would arrogate States’ rights and give unprecedented power to the Federal government. The..... More
Washington, D. C. Fundamental American Freedoms, Inc., [ca. 1963]. First edition. Question-and-answer format on the pending 1963 Civil Rights Bill and the dissenting views of six Congressmen. Published by the Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms, Inc., which featured many prominent segregationists including newspaper publisher, William Loeb, journalist and founder..... More