Publication

1993 - Vintage International, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

26,500 words, Guess

Page Count

106 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.896/073
  • LCCE185.61 .B195 1993
  • LCCE185.61
and 2 more
  • DDC305.896073
  • LCCE185.61.B195

Description

**From Amazon.com:** A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, *The Fire Next Time* galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.

Description

Contains a letter to Baldwin's nephew on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Also describes his childhood, views on Black Muslims, and his visions.

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