Black Genius – African American Solutions to African American Problems - Hardcover

Mosley, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393047016 ISBN 13: 9780393047011

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Synopsis

In "Black Genius" 13 of black America's most eloquent voices share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future: Farai Chideya, Stanley Crouch, George Cutty, Angela Davis, Jocelyn Elders, bell hooks, Spike Lee, Haki Madhubuti, Julianne Malveaux, Walter Moseley, Randall Robinson, Anna Deveare Smith, and Melvin van Peebles. Originally a series of community conversations conceived by Walter Moseley where "visionaries with solutions" explored the role of black people in shaping cultural conciousness, this book reprints the lectures and the many responses to the questions. The speakers focus on such issues as economics, political power and culture, offering broad perspectives and concrete, achievable solutions.

About this title

About the Author:

Regina Austin is William A. Schnader Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. Manthia Diawara is director of NYU's Africana Studies Program and Institute of African American Affairs. Walter Mosley is the author of four previous mystery novels in the Easy Rawlins series: Devil in a Blue Dress (basis for the acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington), A Red Death, White Butterfly, and Black Betty, a New York Times bestseller. In August 1995 he published his first non-genre novel, RL's Dream, to widespread praise. Mosley is the current president of the Mystery Writers of America, a member of the executive board of the PEN American Center and founder of its Open Book Committee, and is on the board of directors of the National Book Awards. His novels are now published in eighteen countries. He is at work on a book featuring a new character, a philosophical and tough ex-convict named Socrates Fortlow; sections have already appeared in Esquire and GQ. A native of Los Angeles, Mosley lives in New York City. Clyde Taylor is a professor at NYU's Gallatin School.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0393047016
• ISBN 13: 9780393047011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 314