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Book

Black on Black : on our resilience and brilliance in America

Call Number

  • 305.896 B6273 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2023]

Physical Description

256 pages ; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections.

Summary

Now, in his debut essay collection, Daniel Black gives voice to the experiences of those who often find themselves on the margins. Tackling topics ranging from police brutality to the AIDS crisis to the role of HBCUs to queer representation in the Black church, Black celebrates the resilience, fortitude and survival of Black people in a land where their body is always on display.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Reasons I write
  • When I was a boy
  • The trial and massacre of the Black body
  • Prayer won't fix this: what to do with the Black church
  • Black, but not beautiful: an aesthetic dilemma
  • When WE see us
  • Dying to be loved
  • The beauty and struggles of the HBCUs
  • Nowhere to hide (or the dream of the closet)
  • Integration: a failed experiment
  • Massa, don't leave me!
  • Harriet's chariot
  • The power of POSE.

Subjects

Genres

Essays.