Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America

by Herb Boyd

Book Overview

"[AN] OUTSTANDING COLLECTION... The powerful opening excerpt by Frederick Douglass evokes his boyhood as a slave, and the collection closes with an eloquent discussion of the race problem today by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345383176
• ISBN13: 9780345383174
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: One World
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Anthology

This is an excellent introduction to writings by Black men. A must-have for people of African descent. The writings consist of pictures, short stories, poems and novel excerpts; some writers included are Sterling Brown, Howard Thurman, Countee Cullen, Haki Madhubuti, Ishmael Reed, James Baldwin, Robert Hayden, Richard Wright, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois and many others

A must for everyone

I first read this book as a required reading for my English class in college. I kept this book throughout the years as it reflected on the African-American man (and sometimes woman). The stories discuss history, our beginnings, love and heartache, the issue of race, death and life as we know it. I recommened this book to everyone who wants to understand themselves through the various stories, fiction and non fiction. The book is so simple to follow, you don't have to read the whole book, you can pick and chose stories to read.