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The Blacker the Berry
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A groundbreaking, yet controversial novel of the Harlem Renaissance about a young, dark-skinned Black woman reckoning with colourism as she navigates 1920s Harlem, reissued and repackaged for the Herald Classics line. Emma Lou Morgan's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation not only to...
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Emma Lou Morgan's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation-not only to herself, but also to her lighter-skinned family members and the white community of her hometown, Boise, Idaho.
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Description
A groundbreaking, yet controversial novel of the Harlem Renaissance about a young, dark-skinned Black woman reckoning with colourism as she navigates 1920s Harlem, reissued and repackaged for the Herald Classics line.
Emma Lou Morgan's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation not only to herself but also to her lighter-skinned family members and the white community of her hometown, Boise, Idaho. Hoping to find a safe haven, Emma travels to New York's Harlem, the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman brings to life this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma's visits to nightclubs, dance halls, and house-rent parties, her sex life and catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions, and the momentous decision she makes to survive.
A lost classic of Black American literature, The Blacker the Berry is a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of intra-racial bias in the Black community.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781454960157
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 April 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Union Square & Co.
Contributors:
- Introduction by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 134.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Wallace Henry Thurman(19021934) was born in Salt Lake City,Utah. He moved to Harlem in 1925 where he worked as a novelist,editor, playwright, and critic during the height of the HarlemRenaissance. He is best known for his novelThe Blacker theBerry(1929), which explores discrimination based onskin colour within the Black community.
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