Read until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature / Farah Jasmine Griffin.

""A masterpiece. . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin's magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes." -Cornel West. Farah Jasmine Griffin's beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Bl...

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Main Author: Griffin, Farah Jasmine (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xii, 257 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Legacy, love, learning -- The question of mercy -- Black freedom and the idea(l) of America -- The quest for justice -- Rage and resistance -- Death -- The transformative potential of love -- Joy and something like self-determination -- Cultivating beauty -- Of gardens and grace. 
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