The fire next time

Baldwin, James 1924-1987 (author.).

Summary: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. 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. 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. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.

Record details

ISBN: 9780804149723
ISBN: 0804149720
ISBN: 1299823173
ISBN: 9781299823174
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Edition: First Vintage international edition.
Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 1993.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	My dungeon shook: letter to my nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation -- Down at the cross: letter from a region in my mind.
Source of Description Note:	Vendor-supplied metadata.