12 Million Black Voices

by Richard Wright

Overview

From dusty rural villages to northern ghettos, 12 Million Black Voices is an unflinching portrayal of the lives that many black Americans lived in the 1930s. It is a testament to the strength of black communities throughout America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635618815
Publisher:	Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date:	05/31/2019
Edition description:	Reprint ed.
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Richard Wright is among this country's most widely recognized and critically acclaimed authors. His books Native Son and Black Boy represent pivotal developments in American literature, politics, and culture.

Date of Birth:

September 4, 1908

Date of Death:

November 28, 1960

Place of Birth:

Near Natchez, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Smith-Robertson Junior High in Jackson, Mississippi (1925)

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreward

Part One

Our Strange Birth

Part Two

Inheritors of Slavery

Part Three

Death on the City Pavements

Part Four

Men in the Making

About the Photographs

Editorial Reviews

"Short text and picture folk history of the Black American, in which the author of Native Son writes a burning commentary on three centuries of slavery, persecution, and want . . . Edwin Rosskam, the photographic editor, reinforces the text with superb photographs."

—The New Yorker

"A more eloquent statement of it's kind could hardly have been devised . . . flawless prose that takes on at times of the quality of a folk song." —The New York Times Book Review

“Among all the works of Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices stands out as a work of poetry, of passion, of lyricism, and of love” —David Bradley

From the Publisher