Black Power
Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen!
Richard Wright
- Three
- extraordinary
- and
- impassioned
- nonfiction
- works
- by
- Richard
- Wright,
- one
- of
- America's
- premier
- literary
- giants
- of
- the
- twentieth
- century,
- together
- in
- one
- volume,
- with
- an
- introduction
- by
- Cornel
- West.“The
- time
- is
- ripe
- to
- return
- to
- [Wright’s]
- vision
- and
- voice
- in
- the
- face
- of
- our
- contemporary
- catastrophes
- and
- hearken
- to
- his
- relentless
- commitment
- to
- freedom
- and
- justice
- for
- all.”
- —
- Cornel
- West
- (from
- the
- Introduction)Black
- Power:
- A
- Record
- of
- Reactions
- in
- a
- Land
- of
- Pathos
- is
- Richard
- Wright’s
- chronicle
- of
- his
- trip
- to
- Africa’s
- Gold
- Coast
- before
- it
- became
- the
- free
- nation
- of
- Ghana.
- It
- speaks
- eloquently
- of
- empowerment
- and
- possibility,
- freedom
- and
- hope,
- and
- resonates
- loudly
- to
- this
- day.The
- Color
- Curtain:
- A
- Report
- on
- the
- Bandung
- Conference
- is
- a
- vital
- piece
- arguing
- for
- the
- removal
- of
- the
- color
- barrier
- and
- remains
- one
- of
- the
- key
- commentaries
- on
- the
- question
- of
- race
- in
- the
- modern
- era.
- “Truth-telling
- will
- perhaps
- always
- be
- unpopular
- and
- suspect,
- but
- in
- The
- Color
- Curtain
- .
- .
- .
- Wright
- did
- not
- hesitate
- to
- tell
- the
- truth
- as
- he
- saw
- it”
- (Amritjit
- Singh,
- Ohio
- University).White
- Man,
- Listen!
- is
- a
- stirring
- assortment
- of
- Wright’s
- essays
- on
- race,
- politics,
- and
- other
- social
- concerns
- close
- to
- his
- heart.
- It
- remains
- a
- work
- that
- “deserves
- to
- be
- read
- with
- utmost
- seriousness,
- for
- the
- attitude
- it
- expresses
- has
- an
- intrinsic
- importance
- in
- our
- times”
- (New
- York Times).
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