Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; And White Man, Listen! (P.S.) - Softcover

Wright, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061449458 ISBN 13: 9780061449451

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2013

Synopsis

Originally published in 1954, Richard Wright's Black Power is an extraordinary nonfiction work by one of America's premier literary giants of the twentieth century. An impassioned chronicle of the author's trip to Africa's Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana, it speaks eloquently of empowerment and possibility, and resonates loudly to this day. Also included in this omnibus edition are two nonfiction works Wright produced around the time of Black Power. White Man, Listen! is a stirring collection of his essays on race, politics, and other essential social concerns (-Deserves to be read with utmost seriousness--New York Times). The Color Curtain is an indispensable work urging the removal of the color barrier. It remains one of the key commentaries on the question of race in the modern era. (-Truth-telling will perhaps always be unpopular and suspect, but in The Color Curtain, as in all his later nonfiction, Wright did not hesitate to tell the truth as he saw it.--Amritjit Singh, Ohio University)

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Product Description:

Originally published in 1954, Richard Wright's Black Power is an extraordinary nonfiction work by one of America's premier literary giants of the twentieth century. An impassioned chronicle of the author's trip to Africa's Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana, it speaks eloquently of empowerment and possibility, and resonates loudly to this day. Also included in this omnibus edition are two further non-fiction works; White Man, Listen!, a stirring collection of essays, and The Color Curtain; a work that remains one of the key commentaries on the question of race in the modern era. Finally this edition commemorating the centennial of the birth of Richard Wright also includes extra interviews and features as well as an introduction by the world-famous Cornel West.

About the Author:

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061449458
• ISBN 13: 9780061449451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 832