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To Make a Brother Black

Name: To Make a Brother Black
Author: Norman Harris
ISBN: 9781878531070

by Norman Harris

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Product Description Norman Harris' fictional exploration of the difficulties of developing and maintaining racial self-awareness in post 1960s Black America provides the most realistic portrayal to date of the paradoxes and contradictions associated with contemporary black middle-class existence. Readers who came of age during the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement will resonate easily with the narrative and poetic self- explorations of the two main characters-two black men from the inner city of Gary, Indiana whose life trajectories take them to Indiana University and then on to Atlanta, Georgia. The sobering perspectives presented by Harris on a variety of issues, including survival strategies and male-female relationships, will induce readers to undertake their own constructive self-examinations. This book is a must read for anyone seriously interested in understanding the forces that have reshaped the struggle for freedom and dignity by Black Americans since the 1960s. Review "...a must-read for anyone seriously interested in understanding the forces that have reshaped the struggle for freedom and dignity by Black Americans since the 1960s." -- Dr. James B. Stewart, Penn State University | e-mail: [email protected] "...a slyly humorous account...a panache of prosaic and poetic modes...A tour de force..." -- Dr. Jerrily McCgregory, Florida State University | e-mail: [email protected] About the Author Norman Harris' poetry has appeared in Callaloo, Obsidian, and Word. His play, "Bloods in Space," has been produced by several community theaters. His books include Connecting Times: The Sixties In Afro-American Fiction, The African-American Index, The Sixties: A Black Chronology and the forthcoming Khepera Rising: African Centered Theory and Practice in the Digital Age. Harris is on the faculty at Clark Atlanta University; he is also a member of the graduate faculty of The Union Institute. Harris, his wife, Clarissa, and daughters, Amina and Ayana make their home in Atlanta, Georgia.