balish herbert (3 Ergebnisse)

HARD BACK GREEN. Zustand: GOOD. Illustrated cover. Cataloging tape number on spine. Minor soiling on cover boards. Some writings on front free end paper. Black and white illustrations. Minor shelf wear. DATE PUBLISHED: 1968 EDITION: 551.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

12mo. 63, [1] pp. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art illust. of African-American runner in the snow (minor scuffing, shelfwear), still VG copy from the library of Bertha C. Baugh, former chairperson of Vancouver, WA NAACP, David Baugh, local Area President, and Civil Rights Activists, w/ ownership signature inside front cover. First edition, early printing, of this volume in Xerox's "The Way It Is" series which intended as a series of booklets showing the overcoming of adversity. Gregory (1932-2017), was one of the first African-American comedians to satirize issues of race and politics in the 1960s, paving the way for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Chris Rock. This anthology includes an excerpt from his 1964 autobiography -- "nigger" which was published the year after he participated in the historic "March on Washington" in 1963.