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The Black utopians : searching for paradise and the Promised Land in America
Title
The Black utopians : searching for paradise and the Promised Land in America / Aaron Robertson.
ISBN
9780374604981
0374604983
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Physical Description
x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"A memoiristic history of Black utopian movements in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Searching for paradise and the Promised Land in America
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 25, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Furnace and the Forge. Promise land
A church and a one-room school
Letter II: Genesis
The promised land that wasn't
Black bottom
No one starved in California
The kingdoms of God
Southeast corner of my cell
Letter III: bad spirit multiplying
Imperium in imperio
Letter IV: Just a prisoner
A strategy of chaos
'You were beautiful when your apparition formed'
A new faith
Counter-Culture. New Afrika
Letter V: Connecting the dots
Politisk Asyl at Glanton Dowdell!
Letter VI: From Eight Mile to the Infinte South
The valley of dry bones
Letter VII: The art shop
Time rituals
Formation
Messiahs
Letter VIII: Free thoughts
The science of becoming what you already are
Black Kibbutzniks
The Land of Corn & Wine. Letter IX: Prodigal son
The prison letters of Dorian Robertson are missing
An armful of beautiful roses
A place flowing with milk and honey
The world system
A model community
Shrines
The Cumberland
Rest
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index.
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