'Sippi
Title | 'Sippi |
Year for Search | 1967 |
Authors | Killens, John Oliver(1916-87) |
Date Published | 1967 |
Publisher | Trident Press |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | African 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 | PSt |
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. |