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Heroism and the black intellectual

by Jerry Gafio Watts

Politics and governmentAfrican Americans in literaturePolitics and literatureCourage in literatureIntellectual lifeHeroes in literaturePolitical and social viewsRace in literature

Explores the writings of novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison as the basis of an examination of the struggles faced by African-American artists and thinkers to create spaces for themselves as intellectuals in modern American society.

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Book data: Open Library