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179 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241334003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 02 November 2017
Description
'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story' James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father...
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Moods
reflective: 85%
informative: 66%
challenging: 64%
emotional: 36%
inspiring: 23%
dark: 14%
sad: 13%
hopeful: 9%
tense: 8%
funny: 4%
adventurous: 2%
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Graphic
Racism, Racial slurs, ConfinementModerate
Death of parent, Slavery, Police brutalityMinor
Rape, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization
179 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241334003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 02 November 2017
Description
'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story' James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 85%
informative: 66%
challenging: 64%
emotional: 36%
inspiring: 23%
dark: 14%
sad: 13%
hopeful: 9%
tense: 8%
funny: 4%
adventurous: 2%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Racial slurs, ConfinementModerate
Death of parent, Slavery, Police brutalityMinor
Rape, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization