Black Voices

by Various, Abraham Chapman, abraham-chapman

Book Overview

"If you don't know my name, you don't know your own."--James Baldwin

An anthology of African-American literature featuring contributions from some of the most prominent Black and African-American authors of our time, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Leroi Jones, Margaret Walker, Richard Wright, Malcom X, and many more.

Featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography,...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451527828
• ISBN13: 9780451527820
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A Must Have

This book is a must have for all African American literature classes!

incredible and moving selection...

I first read this book--absorbed it, rather--in college and have recommended it ever since. You'd be lucky to find any poetry collection this fine, and the voices in it so poignant.

Required Reading, well worth the time, effort and money

I read this as part of my undergrad education, and I must say I learned a lot and I cried a lot. The writings that the editor selected were superb. He did and excellent job of selected manuscripts that speak to the problems facing us today that are rooted in the past. I loved this book and I ended up keeping it as a part of my personal library. This should be required reading in every English class in America. Perhaps if we required more provocative writings in our classes, from more diverse populations of people we would not have the problems of racial and ethnic strife that we have in this country, on the verge of the 21st millenium. Great Writing and I highly reccommend it!!!!