ISBN: 0804149720 9780804149723

Category: Political Science / Civil Rights

Page count: 128

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • "The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates<br></b><br>At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of <i>If Beale Street Could Talk</i> and <i>Go Tell It on the Mountain. </i>It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. <br><br>Described by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle … all presented in searing, brilliant prose," <i>The Fire Next Time</i> stands as a classic of literature.