Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. 1st ed. Paperback. Octavo red and black; xviii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Inscribed by the author || "When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of..... More
New York: Scribner, 2009. 1st ed. hardcover. Lavender quarto; 278 pages ; 24 cm. "From the iconic and charismatic star of "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam" comes this brave and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica by performer, activist, and writer Chin." -- publisher. || Authors, Jamaican --..... More
New York, N.Y. The Third Press, 1971. Stated first printing. Hardcover. Large octavo in black brushed cloth boards and balck illus jacket; vi, 281 pages ; 21 cm. From the Dust Jacket: The trial of Angela Yvonne Davis in connection with the prisoner revolt by three black prisoners on August..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo in black jacket; ix, 397 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents: I. The odor of a case, July 26-31 [1967]. 1. Do you hate the police? ; 2. A dangerous account ; 3. Too hot to handle..... More
New York: Harper, 1944. "Sixth edition" Hardcover. Two quarto volumes in yellow and brown dust jackets; lv, xii; 1483 pages; map, diagrams 25 cm. Vol 1 has minor chafing and bumping to board corners, in a very good genlty edge-worn, price-clipped jacket; Volume 2 has a few tiny closed edge..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Warner Bros. Records, Inc. : Rhino Entertainment Co., 2000. Hardcover. Nince CDs in original box; includes: 1 book (76 pages : illustrations, photographs). Classic comedy routines by the African American comedian Richard Pryor, plus 90 minutes of previously unreleased material from the Warner Bros. vaults and Pryor's..... More
Portland, OR ; St. Louis, MO: Eberhardt Press ; One Thousand Emotions, 2007. 1st ed. (700 copies). paperback. Green octavo, color illus.; 185 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Uncommon. Only 700 copies printed. || Racism -- United States. Race discrimination -- African Americans -- Education -- United States. Discrimination..... More
Bowie, Md. Heritage Books, 1993. first printing. paperback. Octavo dark pink; xi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. "African American ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes"--Cover. African Americans -- Southern States -- Genealogy. Oklahoma -- Genealogy. African Americans -- Relations with Indians. Five Civilized Tribes -- Genealogy. Indians of..... More