No Name in the Street
by:
James Baldwin (author)
This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works. In vivid detail he remembers the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness, the later events that...
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This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works. In vivid detail he remembers the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness, the later events that scored his heart with pain—the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his retum to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307275929 (0307275922)
Publish date: January 9th 2007
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
African American,
Race,
Anti Racist
Ένα ισχυρό σχόλιο πάνω στις πολιτικές και κοινωνικές αγωνίες της σύγχρονης ιστορίας της Αμερικής. Ο Baldwin εδώ ακολουθεί τις δολοφονίες, τις αστικές ταραχές, την αυξημένη φυλετική πόλωση των καιρών του προσφέροντας την προσωπική του μαρτυρία και δίνοντας έμφαση στους Malcolm X και Martin Luther Kin...