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[CIVIL RIGHTS] -- [PARKS, Gordon (1912-2006), his copies). A group of booklets and publications related to Civil Rights issues, comprising: 
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023 10:00AM ET
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[CIVIL RIGHTS] -- [PARKS, Gordon (1912-2006), his copies). A group of booklets and publications related to Civil Rights issues, comprising: 


BREITMAN, George. Malcolm X: The Man and His Ideas. New York: Merit Publishers, 1967. -- A Time to Listen...A Time to Act. A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Washington DC: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, November 1967. -- WINSTON, Henry. Strategy for a Black Agenda. New York: New Outlook Publishers, June 1972. Winston was born in Mississippi in 1911. His grandfather was enslaved. At 19, Winston joined the Young Communist League and became the National Chairman of the Communist Party. Winston gave special attention to organizing the movement which led to the acquittal of Angela Davis.-- JACKSON, George. Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson. Toronto, New York, London: Bantam Books, 1970. Mass market paperback (light chipping at edges). -- ELAZAR, Daniel and Murray Friedman. Moving Up: Ethnic Succession in America. New York: Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity, 1976. -- CRONON, E. David, editor. Marcus Garvey. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1973. Black boards; illustrated dust jacket (minor soiling). -- WASHINGTON JR., Joseph R. Blacks in the Year 2000. N.p.: N.p., 1981. -- The Neglected Black Majority: Essays on the Attitudes and Concerns of Some Forgotten Americans. N.p.: A. Philip Randolph Educational  Fund, May 1971. -- Together, 8 pamphlets and publications, 8vo, all FIRST EDITIONS, all in publisher's wrappers except where noted, condition varies, mostly very good to fine, Provenance: Gordon Parks (each with ownership stamp). 

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