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Strivers Row
By Baker, Kevin
Strivers Row
The riveting final installment in the acclaimed trilogy is set in Harlem during the summer of 1943. A chance encounter between Malcolm Little (later known as Malcolm X) and The Reverend Jonah Dove will change their lives, and eventually America itself.
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Authors:
Baker, Kevin
Copyright:
2006
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780060955199
ISBN10:
0060955198
Page Count:
592
Dimensions:
5.28x1.05x7.96
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Jacket Notes:
The Rev. Jonah Dove is the son of a legendary Harlem minister, and a man troubled in both mind and spirit. He feels himself unworthy and incapable of taking up the burden of running his church from the larger-than-life figure who is his father. He is haunted both by his own, shameful history of "passing" as a white man in college, and by the prospects for his people in the harsh, new, racist age he fears the world is entering. Malcolm Little -- better known as Malcom X -- is a teenage hustler from Lansing, Michigan by way of Boston, a young man on the make, trying always to be something bigger, tougher, savvier, and more confident than he really is.
On his way to New York, Malcolm happens to come to the rescue of Jonah and his wife, Amanda, when they are attacked by some drunken soldiers on the train. From then on, their paths cross repeatedly as they each go about trying to find what they really want out of the roiling, wartime city, until the moment when Harlem finally erupts around them, as a people driven beyond endurance strikes out blindly at all the forces keeping it entrapped in misery and hopelessness. Stranded on the streets of a rioting city, Jonah and Malcolm meet each other once more, as they come to grips with what they are and what the future will hold for them.
Strand Notes
Set in the tumultuous summer of 1943 in the heart of pre-civil rights Harlem, the mood is surreal as tensions rise between the white New Yorkers and the black residents of Harlem who are constantly reminded of their second-rate status.Along these restless streets, two very different young men meet, and this chance encounter will forever change both of them. Malcolm Little is a street hustler destined to be a political icon for African Americans everywhere; while Jonah Dove is the minister of one of Harlem's greatest churches. Both battling inner demons as well as outside prejudices, the men's lives play out amid the background of one of the most important social movements in history.
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The Rev. Jonah Dove is the son of a legendary Harlem minister, and a man troubled in both mind and spirit. He feels himself unworthy and incapable of taking up the burden of running his church from the larger-than-life figure who is his father. He is haunted both by his own, shameful history of "passing" as a white man in college, and by the prospects for his people in the harsh, new, racist age he fears the world is entering. Malcolm Little -- better known as Malcom X -- is a teenage hustler from Lansing, Michigan by way of Boston, a young man on the make, trying always to be something bigger, tougher, savvier, and more confident than he really is.
On his way to New York, Malcolm happens to come to the rescue of Jonah and his wife, Amanda, when they are attacked by some drunken soldiers on the train. From then on, their paths cross repeatedly as they each go about trying to find what they really want out of the roiling, wartime city, until the moment when Harlem finally erupts around them, as a people driven beyond endurance strikes out blindly at all the forces keeping it entrapped in misery and hopelessness. Stranded on the streets of a rioting city, Jonah and Malcolm meet each other once more, as they come to grips with what they are and what the future will hold for them.
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