Youngblood (Revised)

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ISBN-10: 0820322016
ISBN-13: 9780820322018
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publish Date: 04/06/2000
Dimensions: 8.43" L, 5.53" W, 1.03" H

Youngblood (Revised)

byJohn Oliver Killens

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Overview

John Oliver Killens’s landmark novel of social protest chronicles the lives of the Youngblood family and their friends in Crossroads, Georgia, from the turn of the century to the Great Depression. Its large cast of powerfully affecting characters includes Joe Youngblood, a tragic figure of heroic physical strength; Laurie Lee, his beautiful and strong-willed wife; Richard Myles, a young high school teacher from New York; and Robby, the Youngbloods’ son, who takes the large risk of becoming involved in the labor movement.

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Published originally on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, Youngblood marked the beginning of a new era in African American literature, for it broke starkly with the Wright school and opened a path for those novelists, poets, and playwrights who comprised the Neo-Black Arts Movement–a movement that recognized John Oliver Killens as its spiritual father.

–Toni Cade Bambara
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Details

ISBN-10: 0820322016
ISBN-13: 9780820322018
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publish Date: 04/06/2000
Dimensions: 8.43" L, 5.53" W, 1.03" H
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