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SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. New York: Pocket Books (1970). First paperback edition.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. New York: Coward-McCann (1970). First edition.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. Paperback edition.
AMISTAD 2. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1971). First edition, copy proof.
AMISTAD 2. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1971). First edition. Cover art by Sam Middleton.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. Original typescript with the author's corrections and additions.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1972). First edition.
CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. New York: Bantam Books (1974). First paperback edition.
FLASHBACKS: A TWENTY-YEAR DIARY OF ARTICLE WRITING. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press/Doubleday (1973). First edition.
MINORITIES IN THE CITY. New York: Harper and Row (1975). Signed by Williams, original wrappers.
MOTHERSILL AND THE FOXES. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1975). First edition.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition, uncorrected proof copy.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets.
Original typescript of collaborative effort by Williams and his wife, Lori. (1979)
!CLICK SONG. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets.
!CLICK SONG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1982). First edition, proof copy.
Houghton Mifflin's promotional flyer for !Click Song.
!CLICK SONG. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1982). First edition, in dust jacket. Signed by Williams.
!CLICK SONG. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First paperback reprint edition.
LAST FLIGHT FROM AMBO BER. Acting Script (offset from typescript).
LAST FLIGHT FROM AMBO BER. Program of production presented by People's Theater, in Cambridge, Mass., for the Theatre in Process series of new plays.…
LAST FLIGHT FROM AMBO BER. Pelham, N.Y.: American Association for Ethiopian Jews (1983). First edition. Original wrappers.
THE BERHAMA ACCOUNT. Far Hills, N.J.: New Horizon Press (1985). First edition, in dust jacket.
A CONDITION OF CONFLICT. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets. An early version of Jacob's Ladder.
JACOB'S LADDER. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First edition, copy proof.
JACOB'S LADDER. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1987). First edition, in dust jacket. Signed by Williams and dated 10 August 1987.
"ONE FOR NEW YORK," excerpted in The Payback Sampler. Edinburgh: Payback Press (Autumn 1996). Payback Press issued One for New York in 1996.
"CHESTER HIMES IS GETTING ON," clipped from Book Week. Vol. 2, No. 5 (11 October 1964).
Original photograph of Chester Himes with his cat, Deros. Taken by Williams at the Hotel Albert in New York. Summer 1968.
SAFARI WEST. Montreal, Canada: Hochelaga Press (1998). First edition.
"THE WAY IT IS," from Safari West, original typescript.
"Chapter 21" of CLIFFORD'S BLUES published in Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 23, Number 2 (Summer 1989).
Original typescript, The Book Without Title became Clifford's Blues.
"THE VISITORS," Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3 (June 1988).
LOVE. Derry, N.H., Ridgewood, N.J.: Babcock & Koontz (1988). Copy 18 of edition 200. Signed by Williams, excerpt from The Book Without Title.
CLIFFORD'S BLUES. Minneapolis, Minn.: Coffee House Press (1998). Uncorrected galley, showing the first version of the cover art.
CLIFFORD'S BLUES. Minneapolis, Minn.: Coffee House Press (1998). First edition.
Typed letter from Williams to Glenda Kuneman, 14 June 2000.
Original drawing by Williams of the campus setting for Colleagues.
COLLEAGUES. Original typescript for the unpublished novel.
Opera Columbus program for Vanqui premiere. (October 1999).
Typed letter from Williams to Mercer Ellington. 10 December 1982.
QUEENIE PIE. Original manuscript libretto, with Williams's corrections shown.
QUEENIE PIE. Original manuscript libretto, with Williams's corrections shown.
ASSESS THE MESS." Original typescript of song lyrics (2003).
"PORTRAIT IN THE BLUE NOTE," in New York Stories, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall 2001).
INTERVIEW WITH BILL COSBY. Original typescript of interview for Amistad 2. Unpublished.
Typed letter signed. From Williams to Richard Pryor. 10 April 1983.
"TALENT LET LOOSE," Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2 (March 1992).
FOR OURSELVES: THE IMAGES OF MALCOLM X (1992?). Proposal for a book of photographs to accompany the television documentary produced by Blackside…
REFLECTED IN MALCOLM: LIVING IN THE TIME OF X. Original typescript of unpublished young adult book.
WAY B(L)ACK THEN AND NOW: A STREET GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARIS. Michel Fabre and John A. Williams. Center for American Culture Studies,…
A STREET GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARIS. Belleville, Mich.: Belleville Lake Press (1996). Co-edited with Michel Fabre. First edition.
"A GOOD SEASON," The Urbanite: Images of the American Negro. Vol. 1, No. 3 (May 1961).
"NEVER BEFORE OR SINCE," The Sunday Herald Tribune Magazine (25 April 1965).
Alicante, Spain. 10 May 1969.
The sun was shining, the wine was flowing, the traffic roared by and John and Chester rapped on about Paris, Richard…
The sun was shining, the wine was flowing, the traffic roared by and John and Chester rapped on about Paris, Richard…
John A. Williams addresses the 2003 graduating class at the University of Rochester.
John A. Williams reads a selection from CLIFFORD'S BLUES
Original photograph of Himes and Williams. Taken by Lori Williams in New York. 1968.
Letter from Mary T. Williams to JAW. 2 March 1962.
WRIGHT, Richard. White Man, Listen! Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1964). Williams wrote the introduction for this edition in January…
WRIGHT, Richard. Carbon typescript of "Blueprint for Negro Literature" (1937).
"MORE JOURNEYS WITHOUT TITLE,"
Callaloo #21. Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring-Summer 1984); 83-85.
Callaloo #21. Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring-Summer 1984); 83-85.
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
"SLUGGERS." Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
Business Card: "J. Williams / 327 W. 85th St. New York 24, N.Y. / Public Relations / Marketing / Promotion / Advertising." 1955.
"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
"SON IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.
Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
Williams with Charles F. Harris at the Random House reception for Amistad.
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition, copy proof.
AMISTAD 1. Co-edited with Charles F. Harris. New York: Random House (1970). First edition. Cover art by Romare Bearden
Advertising brochure for the television drama "The Sophisticated Gents" (1981), adapted from The Junior Bachelor Society.
Promotional photograph showing the cast of "The Sophisticated Gents" (1981).
Contact sheet (clipped) of five original photographs of Williams with his son Adam, Teaneck, N.J. (1975).
American Book Award, 1983. Presented to Williams by the Before Columbus Foundation for "excellence in Literature."
"JACOB'S LADDER," in Essence. Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 1987). An excerpt from the novel, accompanied by an interview with Williams.
Men on Divorce: The Other Side of the Story. New York: Harcourt Brace (1997). Edited by Peggy Kaganoff and Susan Spano.
Chester Himes and John A. Williams at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters induction, September 20, 1970.
American Book Award, the Before Columbus Foundation, 1998.
Certificate of Honor and Recognition, Columbus City Council. Williams was presented this certificate for Vanqui and Clifford's Blues in 1999.
Williams with son Adam, Los Angeles, May 1997. Adam Williams is lead guitarist for Powerman 5000.
Williams with Lori and Adam Williams, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1999.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, U.S. Senate Building, Washington, D.C., March 1964. Photograph from Williams's personal collection.
The Art of Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual. New York: Abrams (1973). Introduction by Williams.
Honorary Degree, State University of New York, Old Westbury, Doctor of Letters, 20 May 2001.
Program from a luncheon where Williams was honored with the "President's Preservation Award," 6 October 2001.
Williams with sons Adam, Greg, and Dennis. Worcester, N.Y., 1968.
Williams speaking at a conference in honor of Chester Himes, Carnegie Center, 1972.
Williams and wife, Lori, at Carnegie Center, 1972.
Williams at Sarah Lawrence College, 1973.
Williams at his desk, Teaneck, N.J. 1977.
Williams, Lori, and Adam, Fuengirola, Spain. Summer 1977.
Promotional shots in his office at Rutgers University, 1982.
John and Lori Williams in Huntington, N.Y. (1983?).
"JOHN A. WILLIAMS: AGENT PROVOCATEUR," Black Creation, First Anniversary Edition (Summer 1971).
Screenshot of original Writings of Consequence: The Art of John A. Williams, digital exhibit
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN:
An interview with Williams about CAPTAIN BLACKMAN: Williams discusses race and World War II