Voices in Our Blood
America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement
$43.70
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2003
Summary
An unprecedented portrait of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, told through voices that resonate with passion and strength—including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and John Lewis.
Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham has chosen pieces by journalists, novelists, historians, and artists, bringing together a wide range of perspectives and experiences. The result is a literary anthology of important …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375758812 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 037575881X |
| Author: | Jon Meacham, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, James Baldwin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2003 |
| Weight: | 644g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 157mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Jon Meacham … has done about the best job of anthologizing the movement that I’ve ever seen.”—Tom Wicker, Mother Jones
“Compelling … Acting as a maestro for an orchestra of gifted writers, Meacham succeeds at transporting the reader to the confused heart of American race relations, down to the core of the misunderstandings, the invitations to hate, and the violence”—Juan Williams, The Washington Monthly
“A collection of first-rate writings by gifted authors on America’s struggle for racial justice.”—James Ralph, Chicago Tribune
“The writing in this collection sparkles.”—Robert Joiner, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
About The Author
Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. A contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review and a contributing editor of Time magazine, he is the author of His Truth Is Marching On and the New York Times bestsellers The Hope of Glory, The Soul of America, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, American Gospel, and Franklin and Winston. Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor and holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University. He lives with his family in Nashville, Tennessee.
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