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Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin

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These brilliant essays, which ultimately form a profound meditation on what it means to be "native" to this complex and brutal country we call America, were originally published in the 1940s and 1950s. Sadly, it came as no surprise to me how timely and important this collection remains today. Baldwin raises many important questions that both demand and deserve discussion, exactly the type of challenging discourse that, if more frequently practiced, could bend this nation in the direction of justice.
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Originally published in 1955, James Baldwin's first nonfiction book has become a classic. These searing essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and Americans abroad remain as powerful today as when they were written. "He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter. . . . Jimmy's essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Table of Contents

Everybody's protest novel — Many thousands gone — Carmen Jones: the dark is light enough — The Harlem ghetto — Journey to Atlanta — Notes of a Native Son — Encounter on the Seine: Black meets Brown — A question of identity — Equal in Paris — Stranger in the village.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780807064313
Author:
Baldwin, James A.
Publisher:
Beacon Press
Author:
Baldwin, James A.
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
General
Subject:
People of Color
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Civil Rights
Subject:
African American Studies
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Minority group studies
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Baldwin, james, 1924-1987
Subject:
Afro-Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
Subject:
Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
Copyright:
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 24
Publication Date:
July 1984
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
175
Dimensions:
8.02x5.37x.54 in. .48 lbs.