James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist. Most of Baldwin's work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups was impr...
Blues For Mister Charlie
Blues For Mister Charlie
Synopsis
In a small Southern town, a white man murders a Black man, sparking an intense examination of racial wounds. This play, loosely based on the Emmett Till killing, explores how centuries of brutality and fear erupt in a devastating moment of truth. James Baldwin turns the murder and its aftermath into an inquest, implicating even well-intentioned whites and offering a complex view of the killer.
Vibe
Genres
Characters
Richard HenryProtagonist
Subjects
Places
Edition
No cover available
Blues for Mister CharliePaperback, Dec
144 pages
Dell Publishing, Inc.ISBN: 97834250415995 editions available
