Black genius : essays on an American legacy
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Black genius : essays on an American legacy

By Johnson, Tre author

Published [2025] by Dutton Books, [New York, New York]

ISBN 9780593186473

Bib Id 1498227

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cam a22 8i 4500
LCCN
2024050547
ISBN
9780593186473 (hardcover) $30.00
0593186478
Call #
920.0092 J
Title
Black genius : essays on an American legacy
Varying Form of Title
Essays on an American legacy
Publication Information
[2025] by Dutton Books, [New York, New York] :
Description
pages cm
Contents
Your best bet is All-Negro Comics! (graphic novels and Black culture) -- Streemal (navigating America's education) -- Live right, do right, fight like hell (family and legacy) -- The 5th Dimension (celebration in America's face) -- Whatever doesn't kill you only mutates and tries again (celebrations in the streets) -- Agitate! Agitate! (Black paranoia & surveillance) -- The branch that grew back (communities and neighborhood transformation) -- Vimeo killed the internet star (Black folks in the digital age) -- The Unimagined World (the future Black world).
Summary
"A powerful read examining the lack of opportunity given to Black Americans due to structural racism, and how forgotten historical figures and the author's own family found a way to succeed despite the obstacles"-- Provided by publisher.

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