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Thinking Black : some of the nation's best black columnists speak their minds / edited by DeWayne Wickham.

Title
Thinking Black : some of the nation's best black columnists speak their minds / edited by DeWayne Wickham.
Publication
New York : Crown Publishers, [1996].

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Additional Authors
Wickham, DeWayne
Description
267 p. : ill., ports.; 22 cm.
Summary
A number of African-American columnists provide multiple points of view on a wide range of topics. Their essays are grouped into four chapters-- relationships, history, race, and an open forum.
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Contents
1. Our mothers, ourselves -- Remembering mama / Betty DeRamus -- "Ain't I a woman?" / Lisa Baird -- Apple juice, ice cream, and grapes / Brenda Payton -- Someday we'll talk / Miki Turner -- 2. About black men -- Where are the fathers? / Dwight Lewis -- A message to black men / Harold Jackson -- The search for role models / Howard Bryant -- Memories of James Balwin / Claude Lewis -- He led the way / Claude Lewis -- Dad / Michael H. Cottman -- Crossroads to Africa / Dorothy Gilliam -- 3. Glimpses of the past -- Double duty / Larry Whiteside -- Joe Black's legacy / Howard Bryant -- The gospel according to Smokey and Curtis / Jeff Rivers -- Lest we forget / Peggy Peterman -- Ed Temple's tigerbelles / Dwight Lewis -- 4. The color line -- and degrees of blackness -- The color line / DeWayne Wickham -- A churning in my gut / Lisa Baird -- Let's talk black / Betty Bayé -- What's in a name? / Michael Paul Williams -- Black like me / Brenda Payton -- To be young, gifted, and ... / Brenda Payton -- White Christmases, black Santas / Jeff Rivers -- "Joy spring" / Jeff Rivers -- Ghettocentrism / Deborah Mathis -- The mark of the beast / Derrick Z. Jackson -- 5. The ballot, the bullet, and other alternatives -- Black labels / Allegra Bennett -- Enjoy the gas / Allegra Bennett -- The first amendment is not the enemy / Richard Prince -- The myth of drug wealth / Wiley Hall, 3d -- The crusade for our children / Gregory Stanford -- Substance over style / Michael Paul Williams -- The silence of athletes / Miki Turner -- Black and brazen / Norman Lockman.
ISBN
0517599376
LCCN
^^^95034133^
OCLC
32855709
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library