Counterpoint

Changing political realities are challenging us to dispense with old ideologies about blackness. Charles Johnson believes it's time to move beyond the story of slavery and embrace the opportunities offered by a post-civil rights world.

Guests

Dr Charles Johnson
S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Professor for Excellence in English. University of Washington (Seattle)

Publications

Title: The End of the Black American Narrative
Author: Charles Johnson
Publisher: The American Scholar
URL: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su08/narrative-johnson.html

Presenter

Paul Comrie-Thomson

Producer

Ian Coombe

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