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The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery in America 1808-1831
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Adams, Alice Dana
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Corner House Publishers Edition: reprint Date Published: 1973 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 12mo 307pp. 1/4" tear to DJ. Nice copy.
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$10.00
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The Call Me "Gus"
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Wright, Helen E.
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Professional Press Edition: 1st printing Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 1570870705 Condition: VG+ wraps
Comments: 146 pp. Prev owner's name (? ) lat page, o/w nice.
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$15.00
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Children of Bondage: the Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South
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(American Council On Education/American Youth Commission)
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: American Council on Educatio Edition: 5th ptg Date Published: 1940 Condition: Good+ no dj
Comments: 8vo 299 pp. General light wear to book, pencil marginalia throughout (fairly extensive to page 106, clean thereafter).
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$5.25
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Agotime: Her Legend
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Gleason, Judith
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Grossman Edition: 1st Date Published: 1970 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 8vo 301 pp. Spine a tad cocked. DJ has a tiny chip top spine and some soiling. The story of the West African Queen developed into an historical novel.
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$8.00
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The Creole Mutiny: a Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship
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Hendrick, George And Hendrick, Willene
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Ivan Dee Edition: 1st Date Published: 2003 ISBN: 1566634938 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 177pp. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$5.75
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A W. E. B. Dubois Reader
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Dubois, W.E.B. (Paschal, Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Edition: 1st THUS Date Published: 1971 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 376 pp. Slight cock to spine. Bit of soiling rear panel, crease to front flap of DJ.
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$12.00
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Getting It Together: Black Businessmen in America
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Seder, John And Burrell, Berkeley G.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Edition: 1st Date Published: 1971 Condition: NEAR FINE/VG+
Comments: 233 pp. Full page INSCRIPTION by Seder to a Chancellor Harvey Scribner (? ) on the front end paper.
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$15.00
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Chuck Berry: the Autobiography
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Berry, Chuck
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harmony Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1987 ISBN: 0517566664 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 346 pp. Nice copy, but not prime. Bit of use overall. Mail weight 3 lbs.
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$5.50
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An Act of State: the Execution of Martin Luther King
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Pepper, William F.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Verso Edition: 1st US Date Published: 2003 ISBN: 1859846955 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 334 pp. Small soiled spot bottom edge.
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$13.00
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Pridence Crandall: an Incident of Racism in 19th Century Connecticut
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Fuller, Edmund
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Wesleyan U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1971 ISBN: 0819540307 Condition: Near Fine/VG
Comments: 113pp. 1/4" tear and a bit of sunning to spine of DJ. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$10.00
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The Stolen Prince
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Barnes, Hugh
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Edition: 1st Date Published: 2006 ISBN: 0066212650 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 300pp. Slight cock to spine. Rear flap of DJ is dog-eared.
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$12.00
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We All Got History: the Memory Books of Amos Webber
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Salvatore, Nick
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Times Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1996 ISBN: 0812926811 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 443 pp. 3/4" tear and bit of bleeding top spine, sticker remnant upper right corner of DJ.
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Branches Without Roots: Genesis of the Black Working Class in the American South
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Jaynes, Gerald David
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Oxford Edition: 1st Date Published: 1986 ISBN: 0195036190 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 351pp. Price-clipped DJ.
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$12.00
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Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters From Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Ct, 1854-68
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Primus, Rebecca And Brown, Addie (Griffin, Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Knof Edition: 1st Date Published: 1999 ISBN: 0679451285 Condition: Near Fine/VG+
Comments: 303pp. Some rubbing to rear panel of DJ.
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$7.50
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Arc of Justice: a Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Boyle, Kevin
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Holt Edition: 3rd ptg Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 0805071458 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 415pp. Prev owner's name down end paper. Bit of shelfwear to DJ, Nat'l Book Award Winner label. SIGNED by the author on a bkplate FFEP. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$15.00
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Relocations of the Spirit
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Forrest, Leon
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Asphodel Press/Moyer Bell Edition: 1st Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 1559210680 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 397pp. Well-closed 1/2" tear top front of DJ. Very slight cock to spine.
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$15.00
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Ossie: the Autobiography of a Black Woman
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Guffy, Ossie As Told To Ledner, Carol
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Norton Edition: 2nd ptg Date Published: 1971 Condition: VG /VG+
Comments: 224 pp. Top edge gives some indication that the book was in a damp area for awhile, but condition decent withal.
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$12.00
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On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying--the Underground Tradition of African-American Humor.....
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Watkins, Mel
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Touchstone/Simon and Schuste Edition: 1st tr pbk ptg Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 0671511033 Condition: Near Fine wraps
Comments: 652pp.
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$5.75
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Unafraid of the Dark: a Memoirr
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Bray, Rosemary L.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Random Edition: 1st Date Published: 1998 ISBN: 0679425551 Condition: FINE/Fine
Comments: 282 pp.
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$5.75
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Lieutenant Lee of Beale Street
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Tucker, David M.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Vanderbilt U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1981 ISBN: 0826511724 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 217pp. Prev owner's name, some sunning to spine/rear corner of DJ. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$8.50
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Life and Tmies of Frederick Douglass
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Douglass, Frederick
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Gramercy Edition: reprint Date Published: 1993 ISBN: 0517093448 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 504 pp. Rem dot top edge.
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$9.00
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Found Wanting
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Pease, Frederick H.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: The Author Edition: 1st? Date Published: 1968 Condition: VG+/VG-
Comments: 214pp. Some foxing top edge, bit of a cock to the spine. 3/4" tear top rear of sunned DJ.
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$8.00
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A Stranger in the Village: Two Centuries of African-American Travel Writing
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Griffin, Farah J. And Fish, Cheryl J. (Eds. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Beacon Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1998 ISBN: 080707120X Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 366pp. Bit of rubbing to DJ.
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$6.50
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Mulatto America
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Talty, Stephan
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Edition: 1st Date Published: 2002 ISBN: 0060185171 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 269 pp.
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$10.00
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Booker T. Washington: Builder of a Civilization
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Scott, Emmett J. And Stowe, Lyman Beecher (Vachel Lindsay Presentation)
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Doubleday Page Edition: 1st Date Published: 1916 Condition: VG-, NO dj
Comments: 331 pp. Gift inscription front end paper reads: "Vachel Wakefield from Vachel Lindsay 6' 24' 24 " Wear to extremities of cloth. TEG. Wow! Originally Vachel Lindsay's copy! Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$50.00
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Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town
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Morris, Willie
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harper's Magazine Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1971 ISBN: 0061264008 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 192 pp. Slight cock to spine, light wear to DJ.
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A Promise of Justice: the Eighteen-Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men
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Protess, David And Warden, Rob
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Hyperion Edition: 1st Date Published: 1998 ISBN: 0786862947 Condition: Near Fine/VG+
Comments: 258pp. Bit of wear top edge, DJ a tad rubbed.
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Seeds of Southern Change: the Life of Will Alexander
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Dykeman, Wilma And Stokely, James
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. of Chicago Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1962 Condition: VG/G+
Comments: 343pp. *SIGNED* INSCRIBED by Dykeman front free end paper. Spine a little cocked. DJ has 1/4" tear, some rubbing, foxing at edges, fadi Bio of one of the great white champions of human rights in the South during the first half of the 20th century.
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From the Mississippi Delta: a Memoir
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Holland, Endesha Ida Mae
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Simon and Schuster Edition: 1st Date Published: 1997 ISBN: 0684810115 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 318pp.
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I'Ve Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation
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Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Addison-Wesley Edition: 1st Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 0201581205 Condition: FINE/NEAR FINE
Comments: 654 pp. Slightest wear bottom spine DJ. INSCRIBED on the second half-title (preceding p. 1) by the author. Two brief notes in the frontmatter also appear to be in the author's hand. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$12.50
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Black Plots and Black Characters: a Handbook for Afro-American Literature
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Southgate, Robert L.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Gaylord Professional Pubs Date Published: 1979 ISBN: 0915794144 Condition: Near Fine
Comments: 456pp. With a clear mylar cover, that may or may not be "original equipment".
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$20.00
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On Lynchings: Sdouthern Horrors a Red Record Mob Rule in New Orleans
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Ayer Edition: trade pbk Date Published: 1991 ISBN: 0881431184 Condition: Good+ wraps
Comments: 282pp. Bit of a curl to spine. A 'carefully read' copy, with some pencillings, especially earlier in the book.
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The Underground Railroad
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Blockson, Charles L.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Edition: Book Club ed. Date Published: 1987 ISBN: 0139357432 Condition: VG-/VG
Comments: 308 pp. Spine cocked, but book very solid. Bit of wear to extremities of DJ.
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Soul to Soul: the Story of a Black Russian American Family 1865-1992
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Khanga, Yelena
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Norton Edition: 1st Date Published: 1992 ISBN: 0393034046 Condition: Near FINE/VG+
Comments: 318 pp. Bit of edgewear to DJ.
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$12.00
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The Petitioners: the Story of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Negro
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Miller, Loren
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Pantheon Edition: 1st Date Published: 1966 Condition: VG+/G+
Comments: 461pp. 1 1/2" creased tear top front, several other tears to 1/2", spine of DJ is toned. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$15.00
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The Last White Parliament
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Slabbert, Frederick Van Zyl
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Strydom/Ball Edition: 1st Date Published: 1985 ISBN: 0868501131 Condition: FINE/Near Fine
Comments: 175 pp.
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$15.00
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From Reddick to Cross Creek
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Parker, Idella With Crussell, Bud And Liz
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. Press of Florida Edition: 1st Date Published: 1999 ISBN: 0813017068 Condition: VG+/Near Fine
Comments: 213pp. Spine a bit cocked, 'autographed' sticker on front of DJ. SIGNED by Ms. Parker on the title page.
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$20.00
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Alice Walker: a Life
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White, Evelyn C.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Norton Edition: 1st Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 0393058913 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 538pp. Title page has a small stamp 'Read Gwendolyn Brooks'. Tad of shelfwear to DJ. SIGNED and dated October 2004 by the author.
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$30.00
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Who Killed Martin Luther King?
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Ray, James Earl
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: National Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1992 ISBN: 0915765934 Condition: VG/VG+
Comments: 285pp. Minor 1" dampstain top rear corner, with slight darkening there to inside of DJ. Bit of foxinjg to edges. SIGNED by Ray on label SIGNED by the author on a "A Rule of Law They Say" label, front free end paper.
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$175.00
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The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity
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Brown, William Wells
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: A. G. Brown Edition: New edition Date Published: 1880 Condition: VG+
Comments: 380pp. Nice copy: Square, solid, no problems with lettering, corners or hinges. Scarce. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$600.00
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Holders of Doctorates Among American Negroes
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Greene, Harry Washington
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Meador Edition: 1st Date Published: 1946 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 275pp. Nice copy of this very scarce book.
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Price:
$275.00
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Negro League Baseball: the Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution
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Lanctot, Neil
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. of Pennsylvania Edition: 1st Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 0812238079 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 496pp.
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$25.00
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We Won't Budge: a Malaria Memoir
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Diawara, Manthia
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Basic/Civitas Edition: 1st Date Published: 2003 ISBN: 0465017096 Condition: VG+/Near Fine
Comments: 271 pp. Bottom corners bumped a little.
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$10.00
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African American Writers: Portraits and Visions
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Koolish, Lynda
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. Press of Mississippi Edition: 1st Date Published: 2001 ISBN: 1578062586 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 122pp. Bit of shelfwear to DJ.
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$15.00
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Desegregation and the Law
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Blaustein, Albert P. And Ferguson, Jr., Clarence Clyde
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Rutgers U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1957 Condition: VG/VG-
Comments: 333 pp. Bit of foxing to top edge and end papers. Lightly worn DJ foxed. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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Evers
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Evers, Charles (Halsell, Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: World Edition: 1st Date Published: 1971 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 196pp. *SIGNED* INSCRIBED by the editor (grace Halsell, author of Soul Sister) oposite title page. Slight cant to spine. 1/2" tear to D.
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The Ku Klux Klan: a Century of Infamy
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Randel, William Peirce
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Chilton Edition: 2nd ptg Date Published: 1965 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 300pp. Some edgewear and rubbing to price-clipped DJ.
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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
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Wiencek, Henry
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Edition: 1st Date Published: 2003 ISBN: 0374175268 Condition: Fine/VG
Comments: 404pp. Bit of scuffing to corners of DJ.
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$6.00
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The Building of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kirkham, E. Bruce
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. of Tennessee Edition: 1st Date Published: 1977 ISBN: 0870492055 Condition: Near Fine/Fine
Comments: 264pp. Remainder spray top edge, else fine.
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$15.00
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A Gentleman of Color: the Life of James Forten
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Winch, Julie
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Oxford U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 2002 ISBN: 0195086910 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 501pp. Bottom rear corner bumped a bit. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$6.00
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Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African America Experience
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony And Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (Eds. )
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Basic Books Edition: trade paperbac Condition: Fine wraps (still shrink-wrapped! )
Comments: 4to. NO OVERSEAS or PRIORITY please: Book weighs 10 pounds even before being wrapped!
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$22.00
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Blackball Stars: Negro League Pioneers
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Holway, John B.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Meckler Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1988 ISBN: 0887360947 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 400pp. Small P O name front end paper at top. Pages 229-42 have minor damage bottom edge. 1/2" tear bottom R front corner.
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A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
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Woodson, Byron W.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Praeger Edition: 2nd ptg Date Published: 2001 ISBN: 0275971740 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 271pp. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Verso states 1st, but number line runs from 2.
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$15.00
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Sojourner Truth: a Life, a Symbol
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Painter, Nell Irvin
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Norton Edition: 1st Date Published: 1996 ISBN: 0393027392 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 370pp. Bit of shelfwear to DJ. Nice copy.
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$8.00
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Up From History: the Life of Booker T. Washington
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Norrell, Robert J.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harvard U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 2009 Condition: Fine/VG+
Comments: 508pp. Light vertical crease along spine of o/w nice DJ. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$25.00
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Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggle in the Antebellum North
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Horton, James Oliver And Horton, Lois E.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Holmes and Meier Edition: 1st Date Published: 1979 ISBN: 0841904456 Condition: VG+/G+
Comments: 175pp. 1/4", 1/2" tears, some soiling and sunning to front of DJ.
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$20.00
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Sons of Providence: the Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution
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Rappleye, Charles
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: S&S Edition: 1st Date Published: 2006 ISBN: 0743266870 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 400pp. Bottom corners a bit bumped, pencilled name front end paper. Bit of wear to extremities of DJ.
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$6.00
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The Negro People in American History
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Foster, William Z.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: International Publishers Edition: 1st Date Published: 1954 Condition: VG/G+
Comments: 608pp. Prev owners' names front end paper. Bottom corners bumped a bit. Edgewear and soiling to DJ. Leftist take on Black History.
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Price:
$15.00
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On the Real Side
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Watkins, Mel
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: S&S Edition: 1st Date Published: 1994 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 8vo 552pp. Remainder line bottom edge, light wear to DJ. Nice copy.
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Price:
$6.00
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William Wiburforce: the Life of the Great Anti-Slave Campaigner
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Hague, William
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harcourt Edition: 1st US Date Published: 2007 Condition: Fine/VG+
Comments: 8vo 582pp. Lightly worn DJ. Search - BLACK STUDIES Back To Top
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$15.00
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Segregated Skies: All-Black Combat Squadrons of Ww II
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Sandler, Stanley
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Smithsonian Edition: 2nd ptg Date Published: 1992 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 8vo 217pp. Smithsonian shops price label rear.
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$6.00
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Satchel: the Life and Times of an American Legend
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Tye, Larry
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Random Edition: 1st Date Published: 2009 Condition: Near Fine/Fine
Comments: 8vo 392pp. Father's day gift insc front end paper, else fine.
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Price:
$13.50
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With Billie
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Blackburn, Julia
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Pantheon Edition: 1st Date Published: 2005 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 8vo 354pp. Rear free end paper creased. Book a little stressed at p. 247. Light wear to DJ. Bio of Billie Holiday.
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$13.00
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