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The Angry Ones

A Novel

By: John A. Williams

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The powerful and prophetic story of a talented young African American and his struggles to overcome deep-rooted racism and intolerance in post–World War II America Ambitious and well-educated, US Army officer Steve Hill leaves California for the East Coast and his slice of the American Dream when he takes a job as publicity director at a vanity press. But mid-twentieth-century New York City harbors its own particular brand of prejudice, more secretive but just as pervasive and destructive as the racism of the Jim Crow South. Even in the liberal, superficially hip circles of the publishing world, invisible boundaries and unspoken rules determine how high Hill can dare to reach—and whom he can love. Faced with bigotry, hypocrisy, and betrayal at every turn, this proud man struggles to maintain his principles and self-respect, knowing that at some point he’s bound to reach his breaking point. Over the course of his long and extraordinary career, author John A. Williams wrote searing novels about the black experience in America, courageously exposing endemic racism at all levels of society. Based on his early years in Manhattan, The Angry Ones is the enthralling debut of one of the most provocative and influential voices in African American literature.

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160

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Open Road Media

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1504025911

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9781504025911

The Man who Cried I Am

By: John Alfred Williams

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The Man who Cried I Am

By: John Alfred Williams

In the harsh segregated America of the 1940s, where the brave southern Civil Rights movement has lead to brutal white retaliations, Max Reddick, a black journalist & novelist, is dying of cancer & self-hate. Reddick recalls his life on a journey toward revelation & revolution. He struggles to find his place in white institutions such as big-city newsrooms, publishers' offices, & even the White House, where he strove daily to retain the tenuous favor of his white employers. He struggles to find love, first with Lillian Patch, an average, middle-class Afro-American woman, but ultimately with Margrit, a white Dutch woman. He struggles to find a future place for the black writer in America & meets Harry Ames, a successful Richard Wright-like novelist, poet, & revolutionary. But his greatest struggle is for the future survival of the black species itself as he learns of the government's "final solution" to "the Negro problem." The Man Who Cried I Am, first published in 1967, is the fourth of 17 books by John A. Williams.

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Signet

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0451062779

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9780451062772

The Man who Cried I Am

A Novel

By: John Alfred Williams

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The Man who Cried I Am

A Novel

By: John Alfred Williams

Knowing that he is dying of cancer, a young Negro writer struggles to come to terms with life

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0938410245

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9780938410249

Dear Chester, Dear John

Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams

By: Chester Himes,John A. Williams

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Dear Chester, Dear John

Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams

By: Chester Himes,John A. Williams

Students and teachers of African American literature will enjoy this one-of-a-kind volume.

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266

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Wayne State University Press

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081433850X

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9780814338506

Classroom in Conflict

Teaching Controversial Subjects in a Diverse Society

By: John A. Williams

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Classroom in Conflict

Teaching Controversial Subjects in a Diverse Society

By: John A. Williams

This book transcends recent debates about political correctness to address the underlying problems of teaching controversial subjects in the college and university history classroom. The author criticizes both sides of the debate, rejecting, on the one hand, calls for a uniform, chronological history curriculum and, on the other hand, claims that only ethnic or racial insiders are qualified to teach about their communities. In chapters on colonial, comparative, and African history, Williams applies the concept of Gandhian truth to historical subjects, moving through tentative and flexible perspectives to achieve a complex picture of historical episodes. And in chapters on imperialism, nationalism, racism, and the problem of the other, he discusses the difficult and contingent nature of conceptual language. In the second half of the book, he addresses framing rules of discussion by which sensitive issues can be discussed with diverse audiences, the relationship of American pluralism to a world perspective, and what can be accomplished through an education in pluralism.

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228

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SUNY Press

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0791421201

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9780791421208

If I Stop I'll Die

The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor

By: John Alfred Williams,Dennis A. Williams

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If I Stop I'll Die

The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor

By: John Alfred Williams,Dennis A. Williams

IF I STOP I'LL DIE is an incisive examination of the comedian's life and humor which not only reveals details of Pryor's troubled but brilliant career - his infamous "Las Vegas metamorphosis," his friendships with the black intelligentsia of 1960s Berkeley, his little-known contributions to the scripts in which he appeared - but also places these events within the context that shaped Pryor's outlook, personality, and opportunities. And it captures the irony that pervaded his life and career: how he could present brilliantly universal material from such a militantly black perspective; how the powers of Hollywood could force him to portray on film the very racial caricatures that he lampooned on stage; how he could publicly flaunt his private exploits, with embellished comedic versions of his drug use, sexual adventures, and bursts of violence, while fiercely protecting the real facts behind such episodes.

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1560250623

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9781560250623

Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953

Nathaniel Jones, D. J. Davies and T. C. Hammond

By: John A. McIntosh

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Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953

Nathaniel Jones, D. J. Davies and T. C. Hammond

By: John A. McIntosh

John McIntosh attempts to describe more accurately and completely the spectrum of Evangelicalism (Anglican) that three successive principals of Moore Theological College appropriated and taught in the period. Each was an outstanding graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, respectively. The study traces the circumstances of their appointment and seeks to define the convictions they held—against the background of challenges and changes to their Christian faith they faced in their day. A close examination of their published and unpublished literary oeuvre clears away misunderstandings and even misrepresentations of their thought and influence. In so doing it explains how it was that those Evangelicals in the diocese who adhered more closely to their Reformation tradition finally prevailed decisively over those who were Protestant but liberal.

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349

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532643071

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9781532643071

Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction

By: Muzaffer Uysal,John A Williams

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Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction

By: Muzaffer Uysal,John A Williams

Stay ahead of your customers as their service expectations change! In Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction, experts from the field explore customer satisfaction strategies, examining both the long-term and short-term results. This vital tool shows you new and effective approaches for understanding customer satisfaction and providing quality service at all levels of the hospitality and tourism industry. Hospitality and tourism faculty and students as well as professionals will find this book useful for improving and providing quality service management. This book illustrates the complex relationship between customer and service provider, offering practical advice and techniques for maximizing consumer contentment. Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction contains models for meeting—and even surpassing—consumer expectations to increase the value of the customer’s experience. This essential resource includes various methods for managers to anticipate consumer needs and perceptions, reducing dissatisfaction. This book helps you: incorporate existing and alternative measurements of satisfaction measure and improve service quality create and maintain social interaction linkages between staff and customer identify the destination performance of your hotel and other destinations or attractions evaluate consumer satisfaction with lodging services increase cross-cultural service satisfaction and much more! Tables and figures throughout the text help demonstrate the strategies, and bibliographies at the end of each chapter offer further reading. While there are other books that focus on customer satisfaction, Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction is rare in that it covers satisfaction issues as they apply to both hospitality and tourism.

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220

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Routledge

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1136422684

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9781136422683

Book's by John Alfred Williams

The Angry Ones

The Angry Ones

The Man who Cried I Am

The Man who Cried I Am

The Man who Cried I Am

The Man who Cried I Am

Dear Chester, Dear John

Dear Chester, Dear John

Classroom in Conflict

Classroom in Conflict

If I Stop I'll Die

If I Stop I'll Die

Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953

Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953

Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction

Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction

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