Who speaks for the Negro? /
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989,
Who speaks for the Negro? / Robert Penn Warren, with an introduction by David W. Blight. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 454 pages)
Includes index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on the Digital Archive -- Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. The Cleft Stick -- 2. A Mississippi Journal -- 3. The Big Brass -- 4. Leadership from the Periphery -- 5. The Young -- 6. Conversation Piece -- Index
In 1964, Robert Penn Warren interviewed leaders, activists, and artists engaged in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. His interviewees included well-known figures such as Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and James Baldwin, as well as lesser-known individuals whose names might otherwise be lost to history. Transcripts from these interviews, combined with Warren's reflections on the movement, were first published in 1965 as Who Speaks for the Negro? This unique text in the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement serves as a powerful oral history of an all-important struggle. A new introduction by David W. Blight places the book in historical perspective. "Warren's book remains a luminous volume about race, racism, the South, black America, and our national destiny. We ignore or forget his work at our peril."-Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University "Not exactly a stroll down memory lane and certainly not a song to sing, yet WhoSpeaks for the Negro? brings back a question one would have thought already answered. We still search America's soul for how to and who to include. This is still a book worthy of your time and somehow still a part of ours."-Nikki Giovanni "Fifty years later, we have this archival treasure that demonstrates why the Civil Rights Movement in fact gave our land its second equality, life, and liberty movement."-Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr.
English.
9780300211948 (electronic bk.) 0300211945 (electronic bk.)
10.12987/9780300211948 doi
2E973495-DF33-408C-BCC9-CBA384617EAD OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
016890324 Uk
1877-1999
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--History--1877-1964.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Noirs américains--Droits.
Noirs américains--Histoire--1877-1964.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
African Americans.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.61 / .W22 2014
323.1196/073
Who speaks for the Negro? / Robert Penn Warren, with an introduction by David W. Blight. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 454 pages)
Includes index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on the Digital Archive -- Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. The Cleft Stick -- 2. A Mississippi Journal -- 3. The Big Brass -- 4. Leadership from the Periphery -- 5. The Young -- 6. Conversation Piece -- Index
In 1964, Robert Penn Warren interviewed leaders, activists, and artists engaged in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. His interviewees included well-known figures such as Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and James Baldwin, as well as lesser-known individuals whose names might otherwise be lost to history. Transcripts from these interviews, combined with Warren's reflections on the movement, were first published in 1965 as Who Speaks for the Negro? This unique text in the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement serves as a powerful oral history of an all-important struggle. A new introduction by David W. Blight places the book in historical perspective. "Warren's book remains a luminous volume about race, racism, the South, black America, and our national destiny. We ignore or forget his work at our peril."-Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University "Not exactly a stroll down memory lane and certainly not a song to sing, yet WhoSpeaks for the Negro? brings back a question one would have thought already answered. We still search America's soul for how to and who to include. This is still a book worthy of your time and somehow still a part of ours."-Nikki Giovanni "Fifty years later, we have this archival treasure that demonstrates why the Civil Rights Movement in fact gave our land its second equality, life, and liberty movement."-Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr.
English.
9780300211948 (electronic bk.) 0300211945 (electronic bk.)
10.12987/9780300211948 doi
2E973495-DF33-408C-BCC9-CBA384617EAD OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
016890324 Uk
1877-1999
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--History--1877-1964.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Noirs américains--Droits.
Noirs américains--Histoire--1877-1964.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
African Americans.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.61 / .W22 2014
323.1196/073