Howard fast william patterson (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. 123 Seiten Das Buch handelt von einer Petition an die Vereinten Nationen zum Schutz der afroamerikanischen Bevölkerung in den USA. Es thematisiert Rassendiskriminierung und Bürgerrechtsverletzungen in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zustand: Einband mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten geringfügig gebräunt, insgesamt GUTER Zustand. HC1-773-7/8-00601310 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 559.…

Softcover. Condizione: Good Plus. Third edition. Octavo. Trade paperback (8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.) with paper covers. Glued "Perfectbound" publication. Shelfwear and scuffing to black and white photographic cover (with red and black titling). A few small closed tears to extremities, and wrinkling to thin paper spine. 240 pp. with Appendices. Horrific photo of the double lynching of two young black men, Dooley Morton and Bert Moore, in the yard of the Zion Church at Columbus, Mississippi. The document is divided into five parts: I) The Opening Statement; II) The Law and the Indictment; III) The Evidence; IV) Summary and Prayer; V) Appendix. "It is sometimes incorrectly thought that genocide means the complete and definitive destruction of a race or people. The Genocide Convention, however, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1948, defines genocide as any killings on the basis of race, or, in its specific words, as 'killing members of the group.' Any intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, racial, ethnic or religious group is genocide, according to the convention." "We maintain, therefore, that the oppressed Negro citizens of the United States, segregated, discriminated against and long the target of violence, suffer from genocide as the result of consistent, conscious, unified policies of every branch of government." "We believe that in issuing this document we are discharging an historical responsibility to the American people, as well as rendering a service of inestimable valuye to progressive mankind.We speak of progressive mankind because a policy of discrimination at home must inevitably create racist commodities for export abroad - must inevitably tend toward war." (William L. Patterson, National Executivbe Secretary, Civil Rights Congress).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First edition account of the 1949 Peekskill incidents written by historian and novelist Howard Fast (whose historical novel, Spartacus, would be published shortly thereafter), dedicated to renowned singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson, and with an introduction by William L. Patterson, executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress. Published in 1951 by Civil Rights Congress. One of only 500 specially bound copies, this one signed on the lined half-title page by Robeson, Fast, and Patterson (Patterson s signature is not present on all listed copies). Inked limitation number 5 to lower corner of first blank leaf. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 127 pages plus 8 pages of b/w photos documenting the attacks on Robeson and others. Handsomely signed, befitting its presumed early place in the sequence (#5), with an especially bold Paul Robeson signature at the top. Front hinge partially split from the bottom. Creasing to front pastedown and rear fly leaf. Binding slightly shaken. Considerable chipping to mildly rubbed dj, partially split from the top at front flap, with 2 open tear to top edge of front cover and 1 open tear to spine tail. Signed by Author(s).…

1 vols. 8vo. 1st Edition. First Edition. One of 500 copies signed by Fast, Robeson and Patterson. 1 vols. 8vo. The copy in cloth is signed by Howard Fast, William L. Patterson (who wrote the introduction) and Paul Robeson (the dedicatee). The classic account of the violent race riot which took place in August 1949 at a Robeson concert in Peekskill, NY. Robeson having been accused of being a Communist and with a fabricated "deep fake" statement put out of the wires, white supremicists descended on the concert, physically attacked audience members and burned Robeson in effigy, all while the local police stood by. Blockson 8309 Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Minor soiling and light offsetting or toning around the edges to the jacket, else very good First Edition. One of 500 copies signed by Fast, Robeson and Patterson. Signed.…