'Sippi

Title'Sippi
Year for Search1967
AuthorsKillens, John Oliver(1916-87)
Date Published1967
PublisherTrident Press
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia of contemporary race relations in the U.S. and the state of Mississippi in particular. The novel ends with the murder of one of the Black protagonists leading to a world-wide uprising of Black peoples.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. with the subtitle A Novel. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1988.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The African American author (1916-87) won the Pulitzer Prize three times, was a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a mentor to many African American authors.

Full Text

1967 Killens, John Oliver (1916-87). `Sippi. New York: Trident Press. Rpt. with the subtitle A Novel. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1988. PSt

Dystopia of contemporary race relations in the U.S. and the state of Mississippi in particular. The novel ends with the murder of one of the Black protagonists leading to a world-wide uprising of Black peoples. The African American author won the Pulitzer Prize three times, was a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a mentor to many African American authors.