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John A. Williams reads a selection from CLIFFORD'S BLUES
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN: Williams discusses race and World War II
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN:
From PROFILES OF NEW YORK AUTHORS, by Mildred Buchanan Flagg. New York: Carlton Press (1972).
INTERVIEWS WITH BLACK WRITERS, edited by John O'Brien. New York: Liveright (1973).
Black Writers Hall of Fame, Chicago State University, 1998.
"PORTRAIT IN THE BLUE NOTE," in New York Stories, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall 2001).
Miller Brewing Company's promotional brochure for GALLERY OF GREATS: BLACK AUTHORS, A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE, 1990.
QUEENIE PIE. Original manuscript libretto, with Williams's corrections shown.
Typed letter from Williams to Mercer Ellington. 10 December 1982.
Certificate of Honor and Recognition, Columbus City Council. Williams was presented this certificate for Vanqui and Clifford's Blues in 1999.
COLLEAGUES. Original typescript for the unpublished novel.
Original drawing by Williams of the campus setting for Colleagues.
Typed letter from Williams to Glenda Kuneman, 14 June 2000.
CLIFFORD'S BLUES. Minneapolis, Minn.: Coffee House Press (1998). First edition.
CLIFFORD'S BLUES. Minneapolis, Minn.: Coffee House Press (1998). Uncorrected galley, showing the first version of the cover art.
Original typescript, The Book Without Title became Clifford's Blues.
"Chapter 21" of CLIFFORD'S BLUES published in Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 23, Number 2 (Summer 1989).
N'GOMA, Eugene. "Les Personnages Expatries Chez trois Romanciers Afro-Americains d'Apres-Guerre: James Baldwin, John A. Williams, William Gardner…
HIMES, Chester. The Third Generation. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1989). Foreword by Williams.
Chester Himes and John A. Williams at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters induction, September 20, 1970.
HIMES, Chester. Carbon typescript, The Quality of Hurt: Book 1 (1972).
HIMES, Chester. Typed letter signed, to Williams. 13 June 1969.
HIMES, Chester. Typed letter, signed, to Williams. 22 July 1969.
"CHESTER HIMES IS GETTING ON," clipped from Book Week. Vol. 2, No. 5 (11 October 1964).
WAYS IN: APRROACHES TO READING AND WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE AND FILM. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (2003). Second edition.
BRIDGES: LITERATURE ACROSS CULTURES. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (1994). First edition.
WAYS IN: APPROACHES TO READING AND WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (1994). First edition.
THE MCGRAW-HILL INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (1985). First edition, original wrappers.
"ONE FOR NEW YORK," excerpted in The Payback Sampler. Edinburgh: Payback Press (Autumn 1996). Payback Press issued One for New York in 1996.
"JACOB'S LADDER," in Essence. Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 1987). An excerpt from the novel, accompanied by an interview with Williams.
JACOB'S LADDER. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First edition, in dust jacket. Signed by Williams and dated 10 August 1987.
JACOB'S LADDER. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First edition, copy proof.
A CONDITION OF CONFLICT. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets. An early version of Jacob's Ladder.
THE BERHAMA ACCOUNT. Far Hills, N.J.: New Horizon Press (1985). First edition, in dust jacket.
LAST FLIGHT FROM AMBO BER. Pelham, N.Y.: American Association for Ethiopian Jews (1983). First edition. Original wrappers.
LAST FLIGHT FROM AMBO BER. Acting Script (offset from typescript).
!CLICK SONG. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First paperback reprint edition.
Advertisement for Williams's speech on 25 March (1983?) as a part of the Hall of Fame Celebrity Series at Bronx Community College.
Advertisement for Williams's speech on 24 February (1983?) as a part of the Paul Robeson Scholar Project at Livingston College, Rutgers University.
!CLICK SONG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1982). First edition, in dust jacket. Signed by Williams.
!CLICK SONG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1982). First edition, proof copy.
!CLICK SONG. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition, uncorrected proof copy.
MOTHERSILL AND THE FOXES. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1975). First edition.
FLASHBACKS: A TWENTY-YEAR DIARY OF ARTICLE WRITING. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press/Doubleday (1973). First edition.
LP RECORD. Special radio programming material for Captain Blackman, featuring Williams. Released by Garrison Systems Radio Network. Undated (1972?).
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. New York: Bantam Books (1974). First paperback edition.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1972). First edition.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. Original typescript with the author's corrections and additions.
WRIGHT, Richard. Carbon typescript of "Blueprint for Negro Literature" (1937).
AMISTAD 2. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1971). First edition. Cover art by Sam Middleton.
AMISTAD 2. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1971). First edition, copy proof.
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition. Cover art by Romare Bearden
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition, copy proof.
Williams with Charles F. Harris at the Random House reception for Amistad.
REED, Ishmael. Typed letter, signed. 24 September 1975.
GOOD, Paul. Typed letter, signed. 3 April 1969.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. New York: Pocket Books (1970). First paperback edition.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Boston: Little, Brown (1969). First edition, in dust jacket.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Boston: Little, Brown (1969). First edition, proof copy.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Setting typescript, with author's corrections and additions.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Autograph manuscript. Fragment of dramatization by Williams.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press (2004).
L'HOMME QUI CRIAIT JE SUIS. Paris: Quai Voltaire (1994). French edition.
NAAR JAMES TOWN EN TERUG. Urecht/Antwerpen: A.W. Brana & Zoon (1969). Dutch edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1985). New paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. London: Penguin Books in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode (1971). Paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Signet Books/New American Library (1968). First paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Signet Books/New American Library (1968). First paperback edition.
![[THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.] "The King Alfred Plan." Boston: Little, Brown (1967).](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/8c1c9769980e0d11dabfc759ed109667.jpg "[THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.] \"The King Alfred Plan.\" Boston: Little, Brown (1967).")
[THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.] "The King Alfred Plan." Boston: Little, Brown (1967).
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Boston: Little, Brown (1967). First hardcover edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Original carbon typescript with author's corrections and additions.
THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO. New York: New American Library (1966). First paperback edition.
THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO. New York: New American Library (1966). First edition.
"THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO, PART I," in Holiday, Vol. 36, No. 2 (August 1964).
"NEITHER LIFE ENOUGH NOR TIME," in The New Leader. Vol. XLVI, No. 11 (27 May 1963).
"GLAD SONG OF THE A-TRAIN," in Cavalier. Vol. 13, No. 117 (March 1963).
"THE LITERARY GHETTO," in Saturday Review. Vol. XLVI, No. 16 (20 April 1963).
THE ANGRY BLACK. New York: Lancer Books (1962(. First edition, edited by Williams. Stories and articles by prominent writers.
photograph of John A. Williams, undated.