{"product_id":"the-omni-americans-some-alternatives-to-the-folklore-of-white-supremacy-paperback","title":"The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover the \"most important book on black-white relationships\" in America in a special 50th anniversary edition introduced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Walker Percy)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The United States is in actuality not a nation of black people and white people. It is a nation of multicolored people . . . Any fool can see that the white people are not really white, and that black people are not black. They are all interrelated one way or another.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These words, written by Albert Murray at the height of the Black Power movement, cut against the grain of their moment, and announced the arrival of a major new force in American letters. In his 1970 classic \u003ci\u003eThe Omni-Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Murray took aim at protest writers and social scientists who accentuated the \"pathology\" of race in American life. Against narratives of marginalization and victimhood, Murray argued that black art and culture, particularly jazz and blues, stand at the very headwaters of the American mainstream, and that much of what is best in American art embodies the \"blues-hero tradition\"--a heritage of grace, wit, and inspired improvisation in the face of adversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reviewing \u003ci\u003eThe Omni-Americans\u003c\/i\u003e in 1970, Walker Percy called it \"the most important book on black-white relationships . . . indeed on American culture . . . published in this generation.\" As Henry Louis Gates, Jr. makes clear in his introduction, Murray's singular poetic voice, impassioned argumentation, and pluralistic vision have only become more urgently needed today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2013) was born in Alabama and graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1939. His books include \u003ci\u003eSouth to a Very Old Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Hero and the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Train Whistle Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Spyglass Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Seven League Boots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Magic Keys\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Stomping the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. With Wynton Marsalis and others he was a co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Murray's collected works are published in two volumes by Library of America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African American Research at Harvard University. An award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored or coauthored twenty-four books and created twenty documentary films. For Library of America, he has edited volumes collecting the writings of Frederick Douglass and, with Paul Devlin, Albert Murray.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770916012320,"sku":"9781598536522","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/24633e161249bc4dead70f32362f6195.webp?v=1780380717","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-omni-americans-some-alternatives-to-the-folklore-of-white-supremacy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}