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An irreverent, brilliant, politically charged barrage of essays aimed with Reed's famous vitriol and wit at the perpetrators of America's war on blacks. African Americans have been at war with some elements of the white population from the very beginning. In this collection of essays, his... read more
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Characters/People edit
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- John C. Calhoun
- Clinton
- Booker T. Washington
- Beatty
- Ishmael Reed
- Abigail Thernstrom
- James Baldwin
- Toni Morrison
- Cecil Brown
- Miles Davis
- Kennedy
- Pierce
- Lee
- Margaret
- Joyce
- Crouch
- Ralph Ellison
- Bernstein
- Don Imus
- Shawn Wong
- Gerald Vizenor
- Trudier Harris
- Harper Collins
- David Horowitz
- Entine
- Clarence Thomas
- Quincy Troupe
- Barbara Christian
- Timothy Mcveigh
- Frank Chin
- Marcus Garvey
- John A. Williams
- Alice Walker
- Kamiya
- Peretz
- Charles Murray
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- United States
- Berkeley
- America
- Germany
- University Of California
- Africa
- Scotland
- Buffalo
- Akron
- Los Angeles
- Europe
- San Francisco
- Cuba
- New Republic
- Chicago
- San Diego
- Florida
- Nigeria
- South Carolina
- Birmingham
- England
- Ghana
- St. Louis
- Lower East Side
- Tennessee
- Hollywood
- Midwest
First Sentence edit
WHEN PRESIDENT CLINTON SPEAKS AT BLACK AND LATINO churches about escalating violence in their communities, on the face of it, this effort to reach out would seem to be a compassionate gesture.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ishmael Reed (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.800973
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Race Relations › America
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American › Reed, Ishmael
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Government
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Minority Studies
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Reed, Ishmael Scott
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › U.S.
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Civil Rights & Liberties
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
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