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Group of 25 Books About Black History, and Riots of the Sixties, including: Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness: The Unforgettable Classic Account of the Watts Riot (1968, Third printing. Some wear and small chips to the DJ, the book remains fine.) And: Report of the Chicago Riot Study Committee to Hon. Richard J. Daley, Aug. 1,1968 (1968, Likely first edition with no other printings noted. Small sticker stain to the spine otherwise a fine copy.) And: The Gin Bottle Riot of 1964: Harvey and Dixmoor in Flames (1977, Likely first edition with no additional printings listed. Illustrated. Light crease to one corner and a sticker scuff to the front cover. Scarce.) And: Watts: The Aftermath: An Inside View of the Ghetto by The People of Watts (1969, First edition, first printing (stated). Very slight edgewear to the jacket.) And: The White Problem in America (1966, first printing of the first edition in book form (stated). Includes writings by James Baldwin and Martin Luther King, Jr. Some rubbing and a small chip to the unclipped jacket. The book itself appears unread. Scarce.) And: Centennial Plus 1. A Photographic and Narrative Account of the Black Student Revolution: Howard University 1965-1968 (1969, likely first edition, first printing. Owner’s name and embossed stamp on title page. Moderate wear and corner creases to the cover and first few pages. Scarce.) And: Rebellion in Newark: Official Violence and Ghetto Response (1967, first edition (stated), first printing. Slight shelf wear to the unclipped dust jacket. The book remains fine.) And: The Lonely Warrior. The Life and Times of Robert S. Abbott, Founder of the Chicago Defender Newspaper (1955, SIGNED by the author and SIGNED and personally inscribed by the African-American newspaper publisher, John H. Sengstacke, to whom the book is dedicated. First edition, first printing. Slight wear to the binding and jacket.) And: The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism (White Supremacy). (A Psycho-Genetic Theory and World Outlook) (1975, seventh printing (stated) of the 1972 first edition. Previous owner’s name, date (‘75), and embossed personal library stamp to the title page. Slight aging and minimal wear to the stapled covers.) And: The NAACP Versus Negro Revolutionary Protest: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Each Movement (1955, First edition (stated), first printing. Slight shelf wear to the unclipped dust jacket. The book remains very close to fine. Scarce.) And more.