{"product_id":"the-blacker-the-berry-paperback-4","title":"The Blacker the Berry . . . - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Thurman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAllyson Hobbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking Harlem Renaissance novel about prejudice within the black community\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emma Lou Morgan's skin is black. So black that it's a source of shame to her not only among the largely white community of her hometown of Boise, Idaho, but also among her lighter-skinned family and friends. Seeking a community where she will be accepted, she leaves home at age eighteen, traveling first to Los Angeles and then to New York City, where in the Harlem of the 1920s she finds a vibrant scene of nightclubs and dance halls and parties and love affairs . . . and, still, rejection by her own race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, and the first novel to openly address prejudice among black Americans and the issue of colorism, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry . . . \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of undiminished power about the invidious role of skin color in American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Thurman \u003c\/b\u003e(1902-1934), a novelist, essayist, editor, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and moved to Harlem in 1925. In 1926 he became the editor of the socialist journal \u003ci\u003eThe Messenger, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he published the early stories of Langston Hughes. He left \u003ci\u003eThe Messenger \u003c\/i\u003elater that year to co-found the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eFire!! \u003c\/i\u003ealong with Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, among others. \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry . . . \u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was published in 1929; he wrote two other novels, \u003ci\u003eInfants of the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Interne\u003c\/i\u003e, and a play, \u003ci\u003eHarlem\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAllyson Hobbs\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) is an associate professor in the department of history and the director of African and African American studies at Stanford. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eA Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for best first book in American history and the Lawrence Levine Award for best book in American cultural history, both from the Organization of American Historians. Hobbs is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians and a contributor to newyorker.com and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blacker the Berry\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454695719090,"sku":"9780143131878","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4c65e3bdfe0481530f753d17824f0bb3.webp?v=1778857979","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-blacker-the-berry-paperback-4","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}