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America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
Henry Louis Gates
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Description for America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
Hardcover.
This portrait is painted largely by essays drawn from interviews Gates conducted with such notable names as Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Russell Simmons, Vernon Jordan, Alicia Keys, Bernie Mac and Quincy Jones and provides a fascinating and unique perspective viewed through the lens of four intrinsic elements of the African American experience - Black Hollywood, The Black Elite, The Ghetto and The New South. Henry Louis Gates' latest contribution to American scholarship examines the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, tracing the fate of black people since the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
This portrait is painted largely by essays drawn from interviews Gates conducted with such notable names as Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Russell Simmons, Vernon Jordan, Alicia Keys, Bernie Mac and Quincy Jones and provides a fascinating and unique perspective viewed through the lens of four intrinsic elements of the African American experience - Black Hollywood, The Black Elite, The Ghetto and The New South. Henry Louis Gates' latest contribution to American scholarship examines the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, tracing the fate of black people since the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
466
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780446532730
SKU
KNW0010655
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Ref
99-2
About Henry Louis Gates
Chair of African-American Studies at Harvard the author has helped broaden the discourse on African American literature, offering critical approaches that examine cultural traditions. He is a regular contributor to THE NEW YORKER
Reviews for America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
'Provocative and worthwhile' - KIRKUS REVIEWS