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You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (Paperback)
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You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (Paperback)
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'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison 'You Don't
Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston
... her words make it impossible for readers to consider her
anything but one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century.'
The New York Times Book Review With an introduction by New York
Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Genevieve West
The first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and
articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora
Neale Hurston You Don't Know Us Negroes is the quintessential
gathering of provocative essays from one of the world's most
celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three
decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem
Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military,
and school integration, Hurston's writing articulates the beauty
and authenticity of Black life as only she could. Collectively,
these essays showcase the roles enslavement and Jim Crow have
played in intensifying Black people's inner lives and culture
rather than destroying it. She argues that in the process of
surviving, Black people re-interpreted every aspect of American
culture-"modif[ying] the language, mode of food preparation,
practice of medicine, and most certainly religion." White supremacy
prevents the world from seeing or completely recognizing Black
people in their full humanity and Hurston made it her job to lift
the veil and reveal the heart and soul of the race. These pages
reflect Hurston as the controversial figure she was - someone who
stated that feminism is a mirage and that the integration of
schools did not necessarily improve the education of Black
students. Also covered is the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a
wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing her lover, a
white doctor. Demonstrating the breadth of this revered and
influential writer's work, You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other
Essays is an invaluable chronicle of a writer's development and a
window into her world and mind.
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