Civil Rights Era
5514 Branch, Taylor Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 Simon & Schuster 1988 0671460978 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Quarter navy cloth, navy boards, gilt titles. Near fine with a couple of faint waterspots to foreedge. DJ in Mylar also near fine with one small chip to lamination at bottom front panel. 1064 pp. $135 Add to Cart
5555 Branch, Taylor Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 Simon & Schuster 1988 0671460978 Hardcover Book Club Edition Black binding. Two photo supplements on coated paper. Numberline indicating first book club printing. Unread, as-new copy inlike DJ. 1062 pp. $45 Add to Cart
6825 Coles, Robert Children of Crisis, Volume I: A Study of Courage and Fear Atlantic Little, Brown 1967 Hardcover First Edition Sixth printing. Brown cloth, red/gilt titles, blindstamping to front board. Book unread, near fine.DJ very good plus with sunning to spine. Price of $8.50. 401 pp. $20 Add to Cart
6324 Formisano, Ronald P. Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s Univ of North Carolina Pr 1991 0807842923 Soft Cover Fourth Printing Unread, as-new copy with a remainder mark to bottom edge and a slight bump at foreedge bottom. 323 pp. $12 Add to Cart
4293 Fortas, Abe Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience New American Library (NAL) 1968 Soft Cover 1st Edition Signet Special Broadside. First pb printing. Subtitle: "We Have an Alternative to Violence." Essay on the limits to lawful civil disobedience by the Associate Supreme Court Justice.. Very good with one crease to top corner, front and one to back, wear to cover at spine, aging to paper. Staplebound. 64 pp. $25 Add to Cart
2982 Gardner, Michael R. Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks Southern Illinois Univ Pr. 2002 0809324253 Hardcover First Edition Assumed first printing. Full cloth binding. As new in like DJ, still in pub's shrinkwrap. 320 pp. $30 Add to Cart
2981 Goldenfield, David R. Black, White and Southern: Race Relations and Southern Culture 1940 to the Present Louisiana St. Univ Press 1991 0807116823 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Unread, as new with slight bump to top corner at back. 312 pp. $10 Add to Cart
8257 Gottheimer, Josh, Ed. Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches Basic Books 2003 0465027520 Hardcover First Edition First printing. With a Foreword by Bill Clinton and Afterword by Mary Frances Berry. B&W photo supplement on coated paper. Unread and as new in like DJ. 502 pp. $35 Add to Cart
463 Harris, Fred R. Quiet Riots: Race and Poverty in the United States The Kerner Report Twenty Years Later Pantheon Books 1988 0679721002 Soft Cover First Ediiton Trade paperback. First Pantheon edition. Cover rubbed, creased at bottom, else unread, as new. 513 pp. $15 Add to Cart
6992 Jaspin, Eliot Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America Basic Books Inc.,U.S. 2007 0465036368 Soft Cover First Edition Advance uncorrected proof. Unread, as new. Includes Notes. 262 pp. $35 Add to Cart
2041 Lelyveld, Joseph (introduction) How Race is Lived in America: Pulling Together, Pulling Apart Henry Holt 2001 080506740X Soft Cover First Edition Uncorrected softcover proof. A New York Times Special Report. As new. 241 pp. $17 Add to Cart
2557 Lowenstein, Allard K. Brutal Mandate: A Journey to South West Africa Macmillan & Co. 1962 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Book clean and bright, with beautiful two-toned boards. DJ has small chips & edge tears, stained on back. 257 pp. $35 Add to Cart
501 Nelson, Truman The Right of Revolution Beacon Press 1968 Soft Cover First Ediiton First pb printing. A radical proposal to end America's racial apartheid. Front cover has small dent at top, sunned, minor edge soil; else unread. 248 pp. $12 Add to Cart
7328 Parsons, Albert C. The True Selma Story: Sex and Civil Rights Esco Publishers 1965 Soft Cover First Edition A pro-segregationist journalist's view of Selma and the Civil Rights Movement, Illustrated with B&W photos, divided into several chapters with testimony and affidavits at the end. Very good with rubbing to cover, faint crease at back. Scarce. 36 pp. $35 Add to Cart
517 Schrag, Peter Out of Place in America: Essays for the End of an Age Random House 1971 0394460049 Hardcover 1st Edition Dark blue cloth, olive boards, lime titles. First printing. Essays about the changing America of the 1960s. Book near fine; DJ rubbed, minor edgewear. In Mylar. 247 pp. $30 Add to Cart
531 Temple-Raston, Dina A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption Holt 2002 0805066527 Hardcover First Ediiton Remainder mark on top, minor shelfwear to DJ; else unread, as new. 316 pp. $15 Add to Cart
9921 White, Richard Alan Breaking Silence: The Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights Georgetown Univ Pr 2004 1589010329 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth, cream titles. The Filartiga case. With a Foreword by Robert Drinan. Book near fine. DJ very good plus with front flap crease. 300 pp. $40 Add to Cart