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Williams with Henry Roth. Spain, 1966.
Williams with Henry Roth. Spain, 1966.
KILLENS, John Oliver. Typed letter signed. 16 April 1986.
Killens, John Oliver
KILLENS, John Oliver. Typed letter signed. 16 April 1986.
John O. Killens and Williams. 4 April 1984.
John O. Killens and Williams. 4 April 1984.
Original Carl van Vechten photograph of John O. Killens. 1954.
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Original Carl van Vechten photograph of John O. Killens. 1954.
BEARDEN, Romare and Nanette. Christmas card, featuring a reproduction of Bearden's painting Black Mother and Child, signed "Love, Nanette and Romie."
Bearden, Romare
BEARDEN, Romare and Nanette. Christmas card, featuring a reproduction of Bearden's painting Black Mother and Child, signed "Love, Nanette and Romie."
BEARDEN, Romare. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
Bearden, Romare
BEARDEN, Romare. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
ACHEBE, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Fawcett Premier Book (1969). First paperback edition, inscribed to Williams.
Achebe, Chinua
ACHEBE, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Fawcett Premier Book (1969). First paperback edition, inscribed to Williams.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
ACHEBE, Chinua. Typed letter, signed. 21 May 1987.
ACHEBE, Chinua.
ACHEBE, Chinua. Typed letter, signed. 21 May 1987.
LEVINE, Philip. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
Levine, Philip
LEVINE, Philip. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Typed letter, signed, enclosing poem "Medgar Evers," undated.
Brooks, Gwendolyn.
BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Typed letter, signed, enclosing poem "Medgar Evers," undated.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
GOOD, Paul. Typed letter, signed. 3 April 1969.
Good, Paul.
GOOD, Paul. Typed letter, signed. 3 April 1969.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. Paperback edition.
Williams, John A.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. Paperback edition.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. New York: Coward-McCann (1970). First edition.
Williams, John A.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. New York: Coward-McCann (1970). First edition.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. New York: Pocket Books (1970). First paperback edition.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Setting typescript, with author's corrections and additions.
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Autograph manuscript. Fragment of dramatization by Williams.
Williams, John A.
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).
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Signet Books/New American Library (1968). First paperback edition.
SIONS, Harry. Typed letter, signed. 29 July 1966.
Sions, Harry
SIONS, Harry. Typed letter, signed. 29 July 1966.
[THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.] "The King Alfred Plan." Boston: Little, Brown (1967).
Williams, John A.
[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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
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.
Williams, John A.
THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO. New York: New American Library (1966). First edition.
"THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO, PART II," in Holiday, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 1964).
Williams, John A.
"THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO, PART II," in Holiday, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 1964).
"THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO, PART I," in Holiday, Vol. 36, No. 2 (August 1964).
Williams, John A.
"THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO, PART I," in Holiday, Vol. 36, No. 2 (August 1964).
<br /> WRIGHT, Richard. White Man, Listen! Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1964). Williams wrote the introduction for this edition in January 1964.
Wright, Richard

WRIGHT, Richard. White Man, Listen! Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1964). Williams wrote the introduction for this edition in January…
THE PROTECTORS, by Harry J. Anslinger with J. Dennis Gregory. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy (1964). First edition. Williams used the pseudonym "J. Dennis Gregory" for this book.<br /> <br />
Williams, John A.
THE PROTECTORS, by Harry J. Anslinger with J. Dennis Gregory. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy (1964). First edition. Williams used the pseudonym…
Original photograph of Williams at his typewriter, 1964.<br /> Photo by Jean Lattes.
Lattes, Jean
Original photograph of Williams at his typewriter, 1964.
Photo by Jean Lattes.
"NEITHER LIFE ENOUGH NOR TIME," in The New Leader. Vol. XLVI, No. 11 (27 May 1963).
Williams, John A.
"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).
Williams, John A.
"GLAD SONG OF THE A-TRAIN," in Cavalier. Vol. 13, No. 117 (March 1963).
"SEX IN BLACK & WHITE," in Cavalier. Vol. 13, No. 123 (September 1963). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
Williams, John A.
"SEX IN BLACK & WHITE," in Cavalier. Vol. 13, No. 123 (September 1963). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
"TALES OF CHILDHOOD," in Negro Digest. Vol. XII, No. 3 (January 1963).
Williams, John A.
"TALES OF CHILDHOOD," in Negro Digest. Vol. XII, No. 3 (January 1963).
"NEGRO LITERATURE TODAY," in Ebony. Vol XVIII, No. 11 (September 1963).
Williams, John A.
"NEGRO LITERATURE TODAY," in Ebony. Vol XVIII, No. 11 (September 1963).
"THE LITERARY GHETTO," in Saturday Review. Vol. XLVI, No. 16 (20 April 1963).
Williams, John A.
"THE LITERARY GHETTO," in Saturday Review. Vol. XLVI, No. 16 (20 April 1963).
HIMES, Chester. Typed letter signed, n.d. (1963?)
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984
HIMES, Chester. Typed letter signed, n.d. (1963?)
JOURNEY OUT OF ANGER. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1965). First British edition.
Williams, John A.
JOURNEY OUT OF ANGER. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1965). First British edition.
SISSIE. Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren (1964). Swedish paperback edition.
Williams, John A.
SISSIE. Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren (1964). Swedish paperback edition.
SISSIE. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1969). First paperback edition.
Williams, John A.
SISSIE. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1969). First paperback edition.
SISSIE. New York: Farrar. Straus, & Cudahy (1963). First edition.
Williams, John A.
SISSIE. New York: Farrar. Straus, & Cudahy (1963). First edition.
SISSIE. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1963). First edition, proof copy.
Williams, John A.
SISSIE. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1963). First edition, proof copy.
SISSIE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. Original typescript, second draft; with the author's corrections and additions. A dramatization of the novel for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Williams, John A.
SISSIE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. Original typescript, second draft; with the author's corrections and additions. A dramatization of the novel for the…
Letter from Mary T. Williams to JAW. 2 March 1962.
Williams, Mary T.
Letter from Mary T. Williams to JAW. 2 March 1962.
"WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT..." in Nugget (December 1962). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
Williams, John A.
"WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT..." in Nugget (December 1962). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
DE ZWARTE WOEDE. Amsterdam: ABC-Boeken (1967). Dutch paperback edition of the Angry Black.
Williams, John A.
DE ZWARTE WOEDE. Amsterdam: ABC-Boeken (1967). Dutch paperback edition of the Angry Black.
THE ANGRY BLACK. New York: Lancer Books (1962(. First edition, edited by Williams. Stories and articles by prominent writers.
Williams, John A.
THE ANGRY BLACK. New York: Lancer Books (1962(. First edition, edited by Williams. Stories and articles by prominent writers.
Headnote on Dick Gregory
Williams, John A.
Headnote on Dick Gregory
"DICK GREGORY: DESEGREGATED COMIC," in Swank. Vol 8, No. 4 (September 1961). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
Williams, John A.
"DICK GREGORY: DESEGREGATED COMIC," in Swank. Vol 8, No. 4 (September 1961). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
"SUBJECT: CHARLES PARKER," in Swank. Vol. 8, No. 3 (July 1961). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
Williams, John A.
"SUBJECT: CHARLES PARKER," in Swank. Vol. 8, No. 3 (July 1961). Also appears in Flashbacks (1973).
NIGHT SONG. London: the Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Collins (1964).
Williams, John A.
NIGHT SONG. London: the Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Collins (1964).
NIGHT SONG. London; Collins/Fontana Books (1965). First British paperback edition.
Williams, John A.
NIGHT SONG. London; Collins/Fontana Books (1965). First British paperback edition.
NIGHT SONG. London: Collins (1962). First British edition.
Williams, John A.
NIGHT SONG. London: Collins (1962). First British edition.
SWEET LOVE, BITTER. New York: Dell (1966).
Williams, John A.
SWEET LOVE, BITTER. New York: Dell (1966).
NIGHT SONG. New York: Dell (1963). First paperback printing.
Williams, John A.
NIGHT SONG. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1961). First edition.
Williams, John A.
NIGHT SONG. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1961). First edition.
Picture of Williams and brief bio in Nugget. Vol. 3, No. 3. (October 1958).
Nugget
Picture of Williams and brief bio in Nugget. Vol. 3, No. 3. (October 1958).
Original photographs of the house where Williams lived in Castelldefels, Spain. 1958-1959.
Williams, John A.
Original photographs of the house where Williams lived in Castelldefels, Spain. 1958-1959.
"ROM AND JULIE," in Nugget. Vol. 3, No. 3. (October 1958).
Williams, John A.
"ROM AND JULIE," in Nugget. Vol. 3, No. 3. (October 1958).
"BOPPER'S HAMLET," in Gent. Vol. 2, No. 6 (August 1958).
Williams, John A.
"BOPPER'S HAMLET," in Gent. Vol. 2, No. 6 (August 1958).
"BRUBBIE DESBECK GOES TO MARS," in Dude. Vol. 2 No. 1 (September 1957).
Williams, John A.
"BRUBBIE DESBECK GOES TO MARS," in Dude. Vol. 2 No. 1 (September 1957).
"THE ABDUCTION OF EUROPA," in Gent. Vol. 1, No. 5 (June 1957).
Williams, John A.
"A CAT NAMED JOE," in Gent. Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1956).
Williams, John A.
"A CAT NAMED JOE," in Gent. Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1956).
The Angry Ones. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996)
Williams, John A.
The Angry Ones. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996)
The Angry Ones. New York: Pocket Books, 1970.
Williams, John A.
The Angry Ones. New York: Pocket Books, 1970.
One for New York. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of the Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
Williams, John A.
One for New York. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of the Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
Printed dust jacket for Unconventional Prayers by Allen A. Stockdale. New York: Comet Press Books (1955). Designed by Williams with Barbara Koski.
Williams, John A.
Printed dust jacket for Unconventional Prayers by Allen A. Stockdale. New York: Comet Press Books (1955). Designed by Williams with Barbara Koski.
"State Fair." Original typescript of article for the Syracuse Post-Standard, with Williams's corrections. 13 September 1953.
Williams, John A.
"State Fair." Original typescript of article for the Syracuse Post-Standard, with Williams's corrections.
Johnson, Doug. Typed letter signed to Williams. 3 August 1970.
Johnson, Doug
Poems. Syracuse, NY. Privately published by the author, 1952. "Limited edition," The author's first book.
Williams, John A.
Poems. Syracuse, NY. Privately published by the author, 1952. "Limited edition," The author's first book.
Williams's family on the front steps of Aunt Elizabeth Page's home in Syracuse, NY, 1951.
Williams, John A.
Helen, Joe, and Ola Mae Williams. 16 April, 1950.
Williams, John A.
Mother, Ola Mae, and stepfather, Albert Page. April, 1950.
Williams, John A.
Williams with brother, Joe, and son Greg. March 1949.
Williams, John A.
Williams with brother, Joe, and son Greg. March 1949.
Williams when he was the president of the Syracuse University chapter of the NAACP and president of the Delta Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. 1949.
Williams, John A.
Williams when he was the president of the Syracuse University chapter of the NAACP and president of the Delta Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha…
ONE FOR NEW YORK. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of The Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
Williams, John A.
ONE FOR NEW YORK. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of The Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
THE ANGRY ONES. New York: Ace Books, 1960. First edition. Signed by Williams. Williams's first regularly published book.
Williams, John A.
THE ANGRY ONES. New York: Ace Books, 1960. First edition. Signed by Williams. Williams's first regularly published book.
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON." Original carbon typescript.
Williams, John A.
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON." Original carbon typescript.
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.<br /> Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.
Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
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"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
Williams holding his son Dennis, with his other son, Gregory. 1952.
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Williams holding his son Dennis, with his other son, Gregory. 1952.
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
"SOUTH PACIFIC." Typescript poem. Signed by Williams. 1974/1981.
Williams, John A.
Poem
Camp Robert Smalls, Great Lakes Naval Training Center; with Williams's signed inscription: "To My Best Girl - Mom from Jon." May 1943.
Williams, John A.
Camp Robert Smalls, Great Lakes Naval Training Center; with Williams's signed inscription: "To My Best Girl - Mom from Jon." May 1943.
Autograph letter, signed. From Williams to his mother, Ola Mae Williams. June 1944.
Williams, John A.
Dunbar Center basketball team. 7 April 1943. Williams is third from right, second row.
Troop 47, Dunbar Center. Herbert “Hoppie” Johnson, surrogate father, crouches front row, left; Williams sits next to him.<br /> 13 November 1937.
Williams with friend Dave (Slick) Branch in “zoot suits.” Almond St., Syracuse, N.Y. 1941.
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Williams with friend Dave (Slick) Branch in “zoot suits.” Almond St., Syracuse, N.Y. 1941.
"Before Electricity 1927"
Williams, John A.
Photograph of the Williams family, 1934 or 1935.
(unknown) John A. Williams Papers
Photograph of the Williams family: (l-r) sister Ruth; father, John Henry; Williams; sister Helen; mother, Ola Mae. 830 S. McBride St., Syracuse, N.Y.…
Williams's mother, Ola. 1938.
(unknown) John A. Williams Papers
Williams's mother, Ola. 1938.
Williams with his sister Lois. 1927.
(unknown) John A. Williams Papers
Williams with his sister Lois. 1927.
Williams at age three, in Syracuse, N.Y. 1928.
(unknown) John A. Williams Papers
Williams at age three, in Syracuse, N.Y. 1928.
"Alex Haley Was Adopted"
(unknown) John A. Williams Papers
photograph of John A. Williams, undated.
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