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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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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It is fascinating to read the varying positions of such well-known men as James Baldwin, Adam Clayton Powell, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Carl Rowan and Roy Wilkins on subjects from integration to non-violence in historical context, as well as the perspectives of the low-profile individuals dedicated to the difficult task of carrying out their leaders' agendas. It is also demoralizing to realize that despite all the work of all the people who devoted their lives---even sacrificed their lives, and all the changes that did come out of that troubled period, our country has not resolved the fundamental issues underlying racial conflict, and seems now to be moving in the wrong direction. Warren took on an incredibly ambitious project here, especially for an OWM from the Southland, and did a remarkable job with it. This book deserves to be read alongside all the 21st century works on the subject of race that are currently gracing our shelves. ( )