Race (Large Print 16pt) - Softcover
First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look how at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public; feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.
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From the Publisher:
America's foremost oral historian tackles the most difficult and complicated issue in America today -- race relations -- by interviewing nearly a hundred blacks and whites. The result is a riveting and deeply moving -- and frequently provocative -- look at our country.
About the Author:
Studs Terkel is the author of eleven books of oral history, including Hope Dies Last, Working, and the Pulitzer Prize - winning ''The Good War''. In 2003 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.
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- PublisherReadhowyouwant
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1459604261
- ISBN 13 9781459604261
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages842
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