Studs Terkel
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A provocative look at contemporary race relations. First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, this is a look at how people in America truly feel about race, bringing out the complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, and uncovering a narrative of changing opinions. Nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: feelings about affirmative...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Pub. Date
c2009, p1995
Language
English
Description
For Coming of Age, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Peabody Award-winning radio host, himself an octogenarian, has interviewed several very different men and women ranging in age from 70 to 99. Some are powerful celebrities (Maggie Kuhn of the Grey Panthers, economist John Kenneth Galbraith); others are obscure people in small towns. Together they represent an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout this century and the ways...
Series
Criterion collection volume 945
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.