James Baldwin
Language
English
Formats
Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Blade: Tommy Blade is on the trail of a brutal serial killer with political connections. Go tell it on the mountain: Follows the difficult passage to manhood of the son of an angry storefront preacher and a stoically courageous mother amid the family's troubled past from the Deep South to Depression-era Harlem. Taking back our town: A mother fights back against a petrochemical plant that releases cancer-causing agents into the environment. Ripple...
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