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Narrative Type
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Nonfiction
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Intended Audience
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Adult
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Inscribed
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NO
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ISBN
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9780061449451
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Book Title
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Black Power : Three Books from Exile: Black Power; the Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen!
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Publisher
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HarperCollins
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8 in
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Publication Year
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2008
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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1.4 in
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Author
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Richard Wright
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Genre
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Social Science, History
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Topic
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Discrimination & Race Relations, Africa / West, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
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Item Weight
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21.3 Oz
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Item Width
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5.3 in
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Number of Pages
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864 Pages
Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061449458
ISBN-13
9780061449451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61642303
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Power : Three Books from Exile: Black Power; the Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen!
Number of Pages
864 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, Africa / West, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-052353
Reviews
[He] writes with emotional persuasiveness and power, relentlessly probing men, motives, myths, and history for a terrifying glimpse of a continent in turmoil., The reader will be grateful…for many fascinating, and even illuminating glimpses of primitive tribal life in a country marked out for precocious political development., “[He] writes with emotional persuasiveness and power, relentlessly probing men, motives, myths, and history for a terrifying glimpse of a continent in turmoil.” — Newsday “The reader will be grateful…for many fascinating, and even illuminating glimpses of primitive tribal life in a country marked out for precocious political development.” — New York Times, “Wright writes with emotional persuasiveness and power, relentlessly probing men, motives, myths, and history for a terrifying glimpse of a continent in turmoil.” — Newsday (on Black Power) “Before it is too late, we would do well to read carefully and critically what Richard Wright has written.” — San Francisco Chronicle (on Black Power) “The reader of ‘Black Power’ will be grateful, no doubt, for many fascinating, and even illuminating glimpses of primitive tribal life in a country marked out for precocious political development.” — New York Times (on Black Power) “Intensely personal. . . . A wholly different portrait of Africa. . . . It must be accepted as an important if sometimes difficult contribution.” — Kirkus Reviews (on Black Power) “As reporting [Black Power] is a first-class job and gives the best picture I’ve seen of an extraordinary situation.” — The Nation (on Black Power) “A book that needs to be pondered.” — Kirkus Reviews (on The Color Curtain) “A vivid and illuminating job of reportage.” — New York Times (on The Color Curtain) “A brilliantly written, highly emotional record by a sensitive and gifted reporter. It conveys eloquently the excitement of Bandung, the exuberance of peoples newly conscious that they were masters in their own house.” — Christian Science Monitor (on The Color Curtain) “Wright’s most confessional account of the inner drama of decolonization.” — London Review of Books (on White Man, Listen!) “Deserves to be read with utmost seriousness, for the attitude it expresses has an intrinsic importance in our times.” — New York Times (on White Man, Listen!) “Wright has the insight of a novelist and poet, so he is not satisfied with the usual sort of comment on race relations. He wants to show the often uncomprehending white man what he has done to hundreds of millions of another color, and what he can do today to redeem the situation.” — Christian Science Monitor (on White Man, Listen!) “Wright’s trilogy of books about decolonisation was the great achievement of his last decade.” — London Review of Books, “A vivid and illuminating job of reportage.” – New York Times (on The Color Curtain) “Wright writes with emotional persuasiveness and power, relentlessly probing men, motives, myths, and history for a terrifying glimpse of a continent in turmoil.” – Newsday (on Black Power) “The reader of ‘Black Power’ will be grateful, no doubt, for many fascinating, and even illuminating glimpses of primitive tribal life in a country marked out for precocious political development.” – New York Times (on Black Power) “Wright’s trilogy of books about decolonisation was the great achievement of his last decade.” – London Review of Books “A brilliantly written, highly emotional record by a sensitive and gifted reporter. It conveys eloquently the excitement of Bandung, the exuberance of peoples newly conscious that they were masters in their own house.” – Christian Science Monitor (on The Color Curtain) “Before it is too late, we would do well to read carefully and critically what Richard Wright has written.” – San Francisco Chronicle (on Black Power) “A book that needs to be pondered.” – Kirkus Reviews (on The Color Curtain) “Wright’s most confessional account of the inner drama of decolonization.” – London Review of Books (on White Man, Listen!) “Intensely personal. . . . A wholly different portrait of Africa. . . . It must be accepted as an important if sometimes difficult contribution.” – Kirkus Reviews (on Black Power) “Deserves to be read with utmost seriousness, for the attitude it expresses has an intrinsic importance in our times.” – New York Times (on White Man, Listen!) “As reporting [Black Power] is a first-class job and gives the best picture I’ve seen of an extraordinary situation.” – The Nation (on Black Power) “Wright has the insight of a novelist and poet, so he is not satisfied with the usual sort of comment on race relations. He wants to show the often uncomprehending white man what he has done to hundreds of millions of another color, and what he can do today to redeem the situation.” – Christian Science Monitor (on White Man, Listen!)
Synopsis
Three extraordinary and impassioned nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America’s premier literary giants of the twentieth century, together in one volume, with an introduction by Cornel West. “The time is ripe to return to [Wright’s] vision and voice in the face of our contemporary catastrophes and hearken to his relentless commitment to freedom and justice for all.” — Cornel West (from the Introduction) Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos is Richard Wright’s chronicle of his trip to Africa’s Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana. It speaks eloquently of empowerment and possibility, freedom and hope, and resonates loudly to this day. The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference is a vital piece arguing for the removal of the color barrier and 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 . . . Wright did not hesitate to tell the truth as he saw it” (Amritjit Singh, Ohio University). White Man, Listen! is a stirring assortment of Wright’s essays on race, politics, and other social concerns close to his heart. It remains a work that “deserves to be read with utmost seriousness, for the attitude it expresses has an intrinsic importance in our times” (New York Times)., Three extraordinary nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America’s premier literary giants of the twentieth entry, together in one volume for the first time, with an introduction by Cornel West. Originally published in 1954, Richard Wright’s Black Power is 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 White Man, Listen , a stirring collection of Wright’s essays on race, politics, and other essential social concerns (“Deserves to be read with utmost seriousness”- New York Times ), and The Color Curtain, 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), Originally published in 1954, Richard Wrights Black Power is an extraordinary nonfiction work by one of Americas premier literary giants of the twentieth century. An impassioned chronicle of the authors trip to Africas 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), Three extraordinary and impassioned nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America’s premier literary giants of the twentieth century, together in one volume, with an introduction by Cornel West. “The time is ripe to return to [Wright’s] vision and voice in the face of our contemporary catastrophes and hearken to his relentless commitment to freedom and justice for all.” — Cornel West (from the Introduction) Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos is Richard Wright’s chronicle of his trip to Africa’s Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana. It speaks eloquently of empowerment and possibility, freedom and hope, and resonates loudly to this day. The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference is a vital piece arguing for the removal of the color barrier and 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 . . . Wright did not hesitate to tell the truth as he saw it” (Amritjit Singh, Ohio University). White Man, Listen! is a stirring assortment of Wright’s essays on race, politics, and other social concerns close to his heart. It remains a work that “deserves to be read with utmost seriousness, for the attitude it expresses has an intrinsic importance in our times” ( New York Times ).
LC Classification Number
HT1581.W6973 2008
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