Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem (a Novel) - Softcover

Griggs, Sutton E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140683484X ISBN 13: 9781406834840

Publisher: Echo Library, 2006

Synopsis

"Cum er long hunny an' let yer mammy fix yer 'spectabul, so yer ken go to skule. Yer mammy is 'tarmined ter gib yer all de book larning dar is ter be had eben ef she has ter lib on bred an' herrin's, an' die en de a'ms house." These words came from the lips of a poor, ignorant negro woman, and yet the determined course of action which they reveal vitally affected the destiny of a nation and saved the sun of the Nineteenth Century, proud and glorious, from passing through, near its setting, the blackest and thickest and ugliest clouds of all its journey; saved it from ending the most brilliant of brilliant careers by setting, with a shudder of horror, in a sea of human blood.

About this title

Review:

A powerful, moving story . . . This new edition
should restore Griggs to his rightful place among black
intellectuals and protest novelists.
John Stauffer, Frederick Douglass Prize winner for "The Black Hearts of Men""

"A powerful, moving story . . . This new edition
should restore Griggs to his rightful place among black
intellectuals and protest novelists."
--John Stauffer, Frederick Douglass Prize winner for The Black Hearts of Men

About the Author:

Author of the Preface:
A. J. Verdelle, lecturer in the creative writing program at Princeton, is the author of The Good Negress.

Introducer:
Cornel West, University Professor of Religion at Princeton, is the author of Race Matters and The American Evasion of Philosophy, and is the co-author of The Future of American Progressivism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Echo Library
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 140683484X
• ISBN 13: 9781406834840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116