| Imperium In Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race Contributor(s): Griggs, Sutton E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617430269 ISBN-13: 9781617430268 Publisher: Greenbook Publications, LLC OUR PRICE: $9.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Alternative History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.42 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 - January 2, 1933) is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio, a utopian work that imagines that within the United States there is a separate African American state. This work centers on the disclosure of an African American "empire within an empire," a shadow government complete with a Congress based in Waco, Texas. The two main characters are childhood friends separated by wealth, education, skin tone, and political outlook; one is a militant and one an integrationist. The light-skinned and more militant Bernard Belgrave has been hand-picked to serve as president and advocates a takeover of the Texas state government, while the dark-skinned, college-educated Belton Piedmont argues for assimilation and cooperation. Bernard has Belton executed as a traitor, leaving the potentially violent and unstable Bernard in control of the Imperium as the novel ends. |
