@booklet {2368, title = {King Strut}, year = {1970}, month = {1970}, publisher = {Bobbs-Merrill}, address = {Indianapolis, IN}, abstract = {

Black revolution presented positively but with substantial satire directed at the way the political system functions, particularly its favoritism and corruption. The novel focuses on a black politician, Hiram Elliott Quinault, possibly based on Adam Clayton Powell (1908-72), who rises to a position of seniority in the House of Representatives. His rise leads to the inevitable backlash from the established white politicians, who uses every means available to demean and diminish him. When a group of black nationalists declare the independence of Blackland in Mississippi from the U.S. and ask Quinault to be their President, he accepts, is expelled from Congress, and assassinated. In retaliation, the black nationalists kill twelve Congressmen and wounding others.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {[Charles Sumner] Chuck Stone (1924-2014)} }