Black April,

by Julia Peterkin

Book Overview

Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910220425
• ISBN13: 9780910220422
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: N.S. Berg
• Length: 315 Pages