Operation Burning Candle. A Novel
| Title | Operation Burning Candle. A Novel |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | Jackson, Blyden(1910-2000) |
| Date Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Third Press |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | African American author, Male author |
| Annotation | The dystopia of contemporary U.S. race relations gives rise to a successful plot to kill a number of racist Southern politicians while they are at a political convention in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The ending suggests both that the elimination of these politicians will ease the way to racial integration and that it creates greater solidarity among African Americans. |
| Author Note | The African American author (1910-2000) was a Professor of English at Southern University in Louisiana and then at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
| Full Text | 1973 Jackson, Blyden (1910-2000). Operation Burning Candle. A Novel. New York: Third Press. The dystopia of contemporary U.S. race relations gives rise to a successful plot to kill a number of racist Southern politicians while they are at a political convention in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The ending suggests both that the elimination of these politicians will ease the way to racial integration and that it creates greater solidarity among African Americans. The African American author was a Professor of English at Southern University in Louisiana and then at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
