Dark Testament - and Other Poems (Paperback)

There has been explosive interest in the life of Pauli Murray, as reflected in a recent profile in The New Yorker, the publication of a definitive biography, and a new Yale University college in her name. Murray has been suddenly cited by leading historians as a woman who contributed far more to the civil rights movement than anyone knew, being arrested in 1940-fifteen years before Rosa Parks-for refusing to give up her seat on a Virginia bus. Celebrated by twenty-first-century readers as a civil rights activist on the level of King, Parks, and John Lewis, she is also being rediscovered as a gifted writer of memoir, sermons, and poems. Originally published in 1970 and long unavailable, Dark Testament and Other Poems attests to her fierce lyrical powers. At turns song, prayer, and lamentation, Murray's poems speak to the brutal history of slavery and Jim Crow and the dream of racial justice and equality.

General

Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	Pauli Murray
Introduction by:	Elizabeth Alexander
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-1-63149-483-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-63149-483-X
Barcode:	9781631494833

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