The Man Who Cried I Am
| Title | The Man Who Cried I Am |
| Year for Search | 1967 |
| Authors | Williams, John A[lfred](1925-2015) |
| Date Published | 1967 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Co. |
| Place Published | Boston, MA |
| Keywords | African American author, Male author |
| Annotation | Commentary on the racial situation in the U.S. in the form of a fictionalized biography of the writer Richard Wright (1908-60) plus the fictional Central Intelligence Agency plan called the King Alfred Plan for future control of African Americans by cordoning them off from the rest of the country. Many African Americans came to believe in the reality of the plan, which mirrored some actual proposals. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Library of America, 2023, with a Foreword by Ismael Reed (xi-xxi), an Introduction by Merve Emre (xxiii-xxxiv), and About the Author (457); and London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024, with the Reed Foreword on 9-20 and the Enre Introduction on 21-34. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St |
| Author Note | African American author (1925-2015). |
| Full Text | 1967 Williams, John A[lfred] (1925-2015). The Man Who Cried I Am. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co. Rpt. New York: Library of America, 2023, with a Foreword by Ismael Reed (xi-xxi), an Introduction by Merve Emre (xxiii-xxxiv), and About the Author (457); and London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024, with the Reed Foreword on 9-20 and the Enre Introduction on 21-34. MoU-St Commentary on the racial situation in the U.S. in the form of a fictionalized biography of the writer Richard Wright (1908-60) plus the fictional Central Intelligence Agency plan called the King Alfred Plan for future control of African Americans by cordoning them off from the rest of the country. Many African Americans came to believe in the reality of the plan, which mirrored some actual proposals. African American author. |
