Notes of a Native Son

Name: Notes of a Native Son
Author: James Baldwin
ISBN: 9780807006115

by James Baldwin

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In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With documentaries like I Am Not Your Negro bringing renewed interest to Baldwin's life and work, Notes of a Native Son serves as a valuable introduction. Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and...

First published 1955 Beacon Press 209 pages

Category: Essays
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 7
Editions known: 35

Classification

DDC 305.896073 LCC E--0185.61000000 B362 1964 African AmericansAfrican americans, civil rightsAfrican americans, social conditionsAfro-AmericansBaldwin, james, 1924-1987Civil rightsNegrosRace relations

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