Black Americana
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Voice Of Her Own
Kathryn Lasky is the author of many books for children, including SUGARING TIME, a Newbery Honor Book; SHOW AND TELL BUNNIES and SCIENCE FAIR BUNNIES; and VISION OF BEAUTY: THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER. Kathryn Lasky says she was drawn to Phillis Wheatley’s story because she was fascinated by the relationship between the writer’s voice, her identity as a slave, and freedom.Paul Lee is a painter and freelance illustrator. He has illustrated the acclaimed AMISTAD RISING by Veronica...
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The Negro In America, the Condensed Version Of Gunnar Myrdal's an American Dilemma
by Arnold; Myrdal, Gunnar Rose
Black Americana Books & Ephemera
Blues Singers
by Lester, Julius
Includes bibliographical references (p. [46]) and discography (p. 47).
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
Available at the Center for Educational Pluralism, located in Miller Hall 250.
When A Black Man's Blue 1930 ADA BROWN Brown Buddies Sheet Music
by George Little, Art Sizemore, Ed Nelson
When A Black Man's BlueSung by Ada Brown in "Brown Buddies"Fox Trot SongLittle, Sizemore, Nelson (composers) Standard Format - Approximate size of 9" X 12"Condition: a few tiny edge dings...otherwise it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 68.74
Gwine To Change Date White House Black 1903 Sheet Music
by D. Long Miller
Gwine To Change Dat White House BlackD. Long Miller (pictured?) as PostmasterD. Long Miller (composer)Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: tiny corner chips, otherwise it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 1,099.99
Old Joe's Dream 1881 Sheet Music LIME KILN CLUB Detroit Michigan
by Brother Gardner, C. Alixa
Old Joe's Dream"Written by Bro Gardner, President of The Lime Kiln Club - Detroit Michigan"C. Alixa (music composer)1881Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: light tanning, 2 music store stamps, small pieces of tape at spine edge, creasing at upper left corner...otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 274.99
It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Gal To Make A Preacher Lay His Bible Down 1917
by Marshall Walker, Will E. Skidmore
It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Gal To Make A Preacher Lay His Bible Down Marshall Walker, Will E. Skidmore (composers)Rae Samules - picturedLarge Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: - tiny corner crease - otherwise, Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 48.11
THE NEGRO AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
by Hary Kalven, Jr
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. 1st Phoenix printing. Paperback. Very Good. 244p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned; spotty brown stains along the edge of the spine. Otherwise clean and tight. A study of the Civil Rights movement and free speech.
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SGD 68.75
A Warm Reception BLACK AMERICANA 1899 Sheet Music ANTHONY Cakewalk MARCH Two Step!
by Bert Anthony
A Warm ReceptionBert R. Anthony (composer)No LyricsLarge Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: Spine separation, edge tears and chips, signaturePlease note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 27.49
The Land of COTTON 1908 Leonard BLACK Vaudeville PHOTO Sheet Music!
by Eddie Leonard
I Want To Go Back To The Land Of CottonEddie Leonard (composer)Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: ...spine separation, small edge chips, tiny corner clips - otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 68.74
Children of Long Ago
by Little, Lessie Jones
Philomel Books / Putnam Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Light edge and shelf wear to dustjacket.
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SGD 12.38
SOUL ON ICE
by Eldridge Cleaver
New York: A Ramparts Book (McGraw-Hill), 1968. 6th printing. Hardcover. Fair. 210p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Stickers on spine of book and jacket. Edges worn; call numbers, stamps, bookplate, and card pocket inside. A few pages dog-eared, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is mildly shelf-worn and has a faint notation on the front flap. Memoirs and political essays by an early leader of the Black Panther Party. Introduction by Maxwell...
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SGD 20.62
CRISIS IN BLACK AND WHITE
by Charles E. Silberman
New York: Random House, 1964. Vintage Books edition. Paperback. Very Good. 370p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine crinkled and pages tanned; otherwise clean and tight. A study of racial tension in America.
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SGD 20.62
SEA ISLAND TO CITY: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers
by Clyde Vernon Kiser
New York: Atheneum, 1968. 1st Atheneum Edition. Paperback. Good. 272p. A softcover book in good reading condition. Brown stains on edges, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. From the series STUDIES IN AMERICAN NEGRO LIFE.
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SGD 20.62
BLACK EXODUS: Black Nationalist and Back-to-Africa Movements, 1890-1910
by Edwin S. Redkey
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969. Yale Paperbound edition. Paperback. As New. 319p. A softcover book in fine condition. Yale Publications in American Studies #17.
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SGD 41.25
Voice Of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
by Lee Paul
Hardback. Very Good.
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SGD 14.53
SNCC: THE NEW ABOLITIONISTS
by Howard Zinn
Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2002. Paperback. As New. 286p. A softcover book in fine condition. Radical Sixties, volume 1.
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SGD 20.62
Banjo-Pickaninnies 1926 Sheet Music Descriptive Piano Piece
by T. Robin MacLachlan
Banjo-PickaninniesDescriptive Piano Piece (no lyrics)MacLachlan (composer) Standard Format - Approximate size of 9" X 12"Condition: light tanning...otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 13.74
I Could Kick Myself 1936 Low Jinks Bohemian Club Sheet Music
by Coveny, Carleton
I Could Kick MyselfFrom the 1936 Low Jinks Bohemian Club Production "Nigger Rich"Carlton Morse, Barton Yarborough Carleton Coveny (composer)Standard Format - Approximate size of 9" X 12"Condition: light edge tanningPlease note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 1,099.99
Close Your Eyes In Sleep 1928 SEALY Advertising Sheet Music
by Phil Cook, Larry Briers
Close Your Eyes In Sleep"The Sealy Slumber Song"Pictured are Cotton and Morpheus plus The Sealy Air Weavers OrchestraCook & Briers (composers) Standard Format - Approximate size of 9" X 12"Condition: music store stamp, slight corner crease...otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 34.36
The SHOO-FLY Regiment 1906 COLE & JOHNSON Sheet Music FLOATING DOWN THE NILE
by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson
Floating Down The NileFrom the production "The Shoo-Fly Regiment"James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson (composers)Uncommon - composers are pictured on the cover1906Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: one tiny edge tear, very slight corner crease...otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 343.74
Hannah Won't You Open The Door 1904 Von Tilzer BLACK AMERICANA Rough but Complete
by Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling
Hannah Won't You Open The DoorHarry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling (composers)Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: wear and tear, it's rough, but completePlease note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 20.61
If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own 1900 Sheet Music MINSTRELS
by Bogert & O'Brien
If I Only Had A Dollah Of My Own"Introduced With Great Success By Them In Primrose & Dockstader's Minstrels"Bogert & O'Brien (composers)1900Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: light tape at lower spine edge, spine separation, music store stamp...otherwise, it's Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 109.99
They'll Be Mighty Proud in Dixie of OLD BLACK JOE 1918 Sheet Music
by Harry Carroll
They'll Be Mighty Proud In Dixie Of Their Old Black JoeHarry Carroll - (composer) - At the Palace Theatre, New YorkLarge Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: faint signature and music store stamp, inside has 3 nearly invisible small pieces of tape on spine - otherwise, Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 48.11
Choc'late Soldier From The U.S.A.
by Elton Box, Sonny Cox, Lewis Ilda
Choc'late Soldier From The U.S.A.Elton Box, Sonny Cox, Lewis Ilda (composers)Approximate size of 8 1/2" X 11" - UK PrintingCondition: large repaired tear, some edge dingsPlease note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 27.49
Nobody Knows Where John Brown Went 1909 ARTHUR LONGBRAKE Sheet Music!
by Arthur Longbrake
Nobody Knows Where John Brown WentArthur Longbrake (composer)Large Format - Approximate size of 10 1/2" X 13 1/2"Condition: spine separation, a couple of 1 1/2" edge tears and a few smaller ones, tiny edge chips - otherwise, Good!Please note that I do have a wood burning stove in my home, but all items are stored in plastic bins.
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SGD 54.99
THE SOUTHERN MYSTIQUE
by Howard Zinn
Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2002. Paperback. As New. 267p. A softcover book in fine condition. Radical Sixties, volume 2.
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SGD 20.62
