Toward a National Urban Policy
New York: Basic Books, [1970]. Second Printing. 22 cm, 348, index, ink name and pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears. More
New York: Basic Books, [1970]. Second Printing. 22 cm, 348, index, ink name and pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears. More
New Haven, CT: Doubleday, 1996. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 272, [1] p. More
Jacksonville Beach, FL: High-Pitched Hum Publishing, 2011. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded [stated]. First paperback edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. XV, [1], 157, [3] pages. Illustrations. Front and back covers have flaps. Map of Amelia Island, Commentaries. Appendix. Notes. Biographical References. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed by the author on the title page. Sticker scuff on half-title page. Annette McCollough Myers is a Fernandina Beach, Florida native. She is a retired educator, community activist, writer and publisher. Annette earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida, Master of Science degree from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, and her Educational Specialist degree from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The author is an American Beach home and property owner. She lives on historic American Beach, Amelia Island, Florida. The author is a National Indie Excellence Award Winner 2011. The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach is about the preservation of Florida's historic American Beach on Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and focuses on saving and protecting the community's heritage. This is a non-fiction account and a powerful memoir of the struggles and changing times of the author's 90-plus-year-old historical African American seaside community. During the segregation era, American Beach was a popular beach for African Americans on the coast of Florida. Like other African American coastal communities, American Beach is in danger of disappearing. The community, listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, is the northernmost site of 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail. More
New York: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Print/Graphic. Poster is printed on one side only. The format is approximately 18 inches by 24 inches. It is folded into quarters. The top half (and a bit more) is a black and white photograph. The text reads: 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education Quality Education for All is Not Yet a Reality. If you this the struggle is over, think again. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.www.naccpldf.org Still Here. Still Fighting for Your Rights. Logo commemorating the 50th anniversary at the bottom right quadrant. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954), was a landmark case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896. The Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." De jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. More
New York: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Print/Graphic. Poster is printed on one side only. The format is approximately 18 inches by 24 inches. It is folded into quarters. The center (and a bit more) is a black and white photograph of school children. The text reads: 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education Quality Education for All is Not Yet a Reality. If you this the struggle is over, think again. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. Still Here. Still Fighting for Your Rights. www.naccpldf.org. Logo commemorating the 50th anniversary at the bottom right. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896. The Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." De jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1995. 28 cm, 28, wraps, illus., references. Marines in World War II commemorative series. More
n.p. n.p., 1968. 30, wraps, rear cover somewhat foxed and soiled. More
New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion (An imprint of Disney Book Group), 2008. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 88 pages. Color illustrations. Large Format book (approximately 11.5 inches by 11.5 inches). Foreword by Hank Aaron. Kadir Nelson (born May 15, 1974) is an African-American artist, illustrator and author. His work is focused on African-American culture and history. Nelson was born in Washington, DC,. He received his early training in art from his uncle, Michael Morris,who was an artist and art instructor. ]Nelson graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Nelson has had exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and the world, including the Museum of Tolerance and the Society of Illustrators. More
New York: HarperOne, 2006. Reprint. Later paperback printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. xi, [3], 330 p. Illustrations, black & white. Map. Recommended reading. Afterword. More
New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1967. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 360 pages. Front flyleaf missing, front hinge weak, tape marks to rear endpapers, picture of a woman pasted inside rear endpaper. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981. First Printing. 214, notes, appendices, bibliography, index, boards slightly scuffed. More
New York: Basic Books, 2015. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 346, [2] pages. Boxes. Illustrations. Sources and Additional Reading. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To David, With Best wishes, Mike Paulsen. DJ has slight wear and soiing. Michael Stokes Paulsen is Distinguished University Chair & Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas, where he has taught since 2007. Professor Paulsen is a graduate of Northwestern University, Yale Law School, and Yale Divinity School. He has served as a federal prosecutor, as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, and as counsel for the Center for Law & Religious Freedom. He was previously the McKnight Presidential Professor of Law & Public Policy and Associate Dean at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was on the faculty for sixteen years, from 1991-2007. He is the author of more than ninety scholarly articles and book chapters on a wide variety of constitutional law topics, which have been published in law journals including the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, and the University of Chicago Law Review. He is the author or co-author of three books, including The Constitution: An Introduction (co-authored with Luke Paulsen) and the casebook The Constitution of the United States, now in its third edition with Foundation Press. Luke Paulsen is a graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in Computer Science with minors in Classics and Humanities. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10,25 inches. xvi, 560 p. Illustrations. Index. Signed by author. Handwritten, signed note from author's daughter laid in. Foreword by George P. Shultz. Preface by David L. Boren. This memoir of one of America's most courageous statesmen, Edward J. Perkins, is illustrated with 50 black and white photographs and 6 maps. Edward Joseph Perkins (June 8, 1928 – November 7, 2020) was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. He also served as the director of the United States State Department's Diplomatic Corps. Perkins passed the Foreign Service exam in 1971. Through a satellite campus of the University of Southern California, he would later earn his master’s degree in 1972 and a doctorate in 1978, both of which were in public administration. Concerned with the lack of support for fellow black members of the Foreign Service, Perkins became a founding member of the Thursday Luncheon Group with John W.H. Gravely, a weekly support and advocacy group for black officers. During his appointment tenure, Perkins focused on improving communication between blacks, whites, and other ethnic groups in the country, holding integrated receptions, attending church services, and visiting South African towns and villages. He overcame South African black activists’ initial hostility towards him through “carefully chosen shots” at the South African regime that demonstrated solidarity with the country’s victims of apartheid, including attendance at the Delmas Treason Trial. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10,25 inches. xvi, 560 p. Illustrations. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Foreword by George P. Shultz. Preface by David L. Boren. This memoir of one of America's most courageous statesmen, Edward J. Perkins, is illustrated with 50 black and white photographs and 6 maps. Edward Joseph Perkins (June 8, 1928 – November 7, 2020) was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. He also served as the director of the United States State Department's Diplomatic Corps. Perkins passed the Foreign Service exam in 1971. Through a satellite campus of the University of Southern California, he would later earn his master’s degree in 1972 and a doctorate in 1978, both of which were in public administration. Concerned with the lack of support for fellow black members of the Foreign Service, Perkins became a founding member of the Thursday Luncheon Group with John W.H. Gravely, a weekly support and advocacy group for black officers. During his appointment tenure, Perkins focused on improving communication between blacks, whites, and other ethnic groups in the country, holding integrated receptions, attending church services, and visiting South African towns and villages. He overcame South African black activists’ initial hostility towards him through “carefully chosen shots” at the South African regime that demonstrated solidarity with the country’s victims of apartheid, including attendance at the Delmas Treason Trial. More
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1964. 250, wraps, illus., references, index, pp. 249/250 creased, some red underlining and yellow highlighting A social-psychology study of blacks in American society during the mid-20th century. Part of The University Series in Psychology. Includes twelve graphs describing: Skin color and orientation toward Africa, Father absence and Negro adult personality, Race of interviewer and Negro poll responses, Geographical distribution of sickling trait and thalassemia, Maze error scores for genetically bright and dull rats reared in three contrasting environments, Race of interviewer and Negro test performance, etc. More
Los Angeles, CA: World Ahead Publishing, Inc., 2007. First edition. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xx, 332 p. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes. Index. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2017. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 7.5 inches by 10.25 inches. 260 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and soiling. Patricia Hruby Powell came to writing via a circuitous route. Before becoming an author, she danced throughout Europe and the Americas, performed as a trapeze artist, worked in lithography, and as a librarian. Now Patricia tells stories throughout the United States, and accents her tales for all ages with dance, worldwide percussion instruments, and life-like animal sounds. In the course of her career she has received numerous awards and fellowships for her storytelling and choreography. Patricia Hruby Powell is the author of Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, which won a Robert F. Sibert Nonfiction Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, and Parent’s Choice Gold for Poetry. She is also the author of the documentary novel Loving Vs. Virginia, which was an Indie Next Pick; Struttin’ With Some Barbecue, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and Lift as You Climb, a picture book biography of Ella Baker. Shadra Strickland studied design, writing, and illustration at Syracuse University and later went on to complete her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2009 for her work. Strickland co-illustrated Our Children Can Soar, winner of a 2010 NAACP Image Award. Her books have received recognition from the American Library Association, Junior Library Guild, and other prominent literary organizations. More
New York: Crown Archetype, 2010. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, [2], 342 pages. Includes Author's Note, A Note on Sources, Acknowledgments, and Index. Chapters cover Starting Early; The Rays and the Rices; Married at Last; "Johnny, It's a Girl!' "I Need a Piano'': My Parents Were Teachers; Something in the Water; School Days; Summer Respite; Turning Up the Heat in Birmingham; 1963; Integration?; Tuscaloosa; Denver Again; Leaving the South Behind; Cancers Intrudes; Starting Early (Again); College Years; A Change of Direction; "Rally, Sons (and Daughters) of Notre Dame"; A New Start; A Lost Year; Senator Stanford's Farm; My Rookie Season; The Darkest Moment of My Life; "The Moving Van Is Here"; Inside the Pentagon; Back to Stanford; D.C. Again; "I Don't Think This Is What Karl Marx Had in Mind"; Back in California; Learning Compassion; Finding a New President for Stanford; Provost of the University; Tough Decisions; The Governor's Campaign; Florida; and "The Saints Go Marching In." Condoleezza "Condi" Rice (born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who served as the 66th United States Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009 and as the 20th United States National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005. Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor. Rice pioneered the policy of Transformational Diplomacy directed toward expanding the number of democratic governments. In March 2009, Rice returned to Stanford University as a political science professor and the Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. More
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 176 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: July 1993. To Lenore and Milt--With warm regards and love for your support and friendship. Best wishes, Lyle Rishell. Includes Preface, Korean War Chronology, Epilogue, Appendix A--24th Infantry Regiment; Appendix B--Composition of Second Platoon, and Index. Topics covered include Alpha Phase; Mobilization and Movement; Korea, the Hermit Kingdom; First Contact; The Pusan Perimeter; The Fight Continues; Perimeter Breakout; Mop-up Operations; Redeployment; Time Out; Call It Homecoming; The Han River Crossing; Thrust and Counterthrust; and Phase Omega. Lyle Rishell served as an officer with the 24th Infantry Regiment for eleven months during the Korean War. Among his decorations and awards are the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action and two Purple Hearts for wounds received during combat. Lyle entered the U.S. Army in Dec. 1944 and retired in 1967. He attended various military schools and received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He has written seven books. His first book, “With a Black Platoon in Combat,” is a story of the first year in Korea with the 24th Infantry, the last segregated regiment in the U.S. Army, where he was awarded five battle stars. During his career, he served on the Army General Staff in the areas of intelligence, military operations, and research and development. He held the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Senior Parachutist Badge, Army General Staff Badge, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Ribbon. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. viii, 518, [2] pages. With 16 pages of photographs. Index. Notes. Bibliography. Signed by the author sticker on front of the DJ. Signed by both authors on the title page. Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History recognizing their book The Race Beat as the year's best published in the U.S. In it, Roberts and Klibanoff chronicled the civil rights struggle in America and the role the press played in bringing it to the forefront. The book's major contributions were an analysis of Gunnar Myrdal and Ralph Bunche's 1944 treatise, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, which had explained the problem of racial inequality and its possible resolution, and a close examination of the contribution of the black press to the Civil Rights Movement. Eugene Leslie Roberts Jr. (born June 15, 1932) is an American journalist and professor of journalism. He has been a national editor of The New York Times, executive editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1972 to 1990, and managing editor of The New York Times from 1994 to 1997. Roberts is most known for presiding over The Inquirer's "Golden Age", a time in which the newspaper was given increased freedom and resources, won 17 Pulitzer Prizes in 18 years, displaced The Philadelphia Bulletin as the city's "paper of record", and was considered to be Knight Ridder's crown jewel as a profitable enterprise and an influential regional paper. Hank Klibanoff (born March 26, 1949 in Florence, Alabama) is an American journalist, now a professor at Emory University. More
New York: Times Books (Henry Holt and Company). First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, [2], 359, [5] pages. Illustrations. Editor's Introduction. A Note on the Text. Notes. Location of Letters. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ had been pasted to boards. Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College. Long has published numerous works on Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, Billy Graham, and Christian living. His books include First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson and The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Great Evangelist. At Elizabethtown College he teaches courses on Christian social ethics, the Civil Rights Movement, and peace and conflict studies. This work includes never-before-published letters that offer a rich portrait of the baseball star as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American politics. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. 240 pages. Selected Reading. Index. Photograph Credits. With 301 black and white photographs. DJ has some soiling and edge wear. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 11.25 inches. Foreword by Roger Wilkins. Epilogues by Sharon Robinson and David Robinson. The tale of Jackie Robinson does not begin and end with baseball. It includes family, friends, and--after his retirement--the business world and the civil rights movement. In an evocative, humorous, and personal style, Robinson reveals her husband as a sensitive and committed individual. Her keen observations and sharp memories are enhanced by a unique collection of photographs that allow readers into Robinson's life: his youth, college, army days, and his time with his loving family. Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson had an exceptional 10-year MLB career. He was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First Edition [stated]. Fourth printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, 395 p. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. DJ has slight wear, soiling and edge wear. Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was an American government official, journalist and author. In 1961, Rowan was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State by President John F. Kennedy. He served as a delegate to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Rowan became the U.S. Ambassador to Finland in 1963. In 1964, Rowan was appointed director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In serving as director of the USIA, Rowan became the first African American to hold a seat on the National Security Council and the highest level African American in the United States government. From 1966 to 1998, Rowan wrote a syndicated column for the Chicago Sun-Times and, from 1967 to 1996, was a panelist on a television program Agronsky & Company, later called Inside Washington. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 475, illus., bibliography, index, minor crinkling at top of DJ, minor soiling at edges, one page has a small crease. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, c1993. First Paperbk Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 475, wraps, illus., bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author. More