Walking on Water - Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

"A meaningful panoramic view of what it means to be human...Cause for celebration." --Times-Picayune

From the author of the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Let the Dead Bury Their Dead comes a moving, clich&#233-shattering group portrait of African Americans at the turn of the twenty-first century.

In a hypnotic blend of oral history and travel writing, Randall Kenan sets out to answer a question that has has long fascinated him: What does it mean to be black in America today? To find the answers, Kenan traveled America--from Alaska to Louisiana, from Maine to Las Vegas--over the course of six years, interviewing nearly two hundred African Americans from every conceivable walk of life. We meet a Republican congressman and an AIDS activist; a Baptist minister in Mormon Utah and an ambitious public-relations major in North Dakota; militant activists in Atlanta and movie folks in Los Angeles. The result is a marvellously sharp, full picture of contemporary African American lives and experiences.

General

Imprint:	Alfred A Knopf
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	February 2000
Authors:	Randall Kenan
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	688
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-73788-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	0-679-73788-X
Barcode:	9780679737889

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