"Clarke, associate editor of Freedomways Magazine, has assembled a talented and varied group of black intellectuals.... Because this book is angry and because it is so counter to the critical acclaim that met Styron's novel, there is an obvious temptation to cry black racism. But to dismiss [it] out of hand would constitute the rankest sophistry. This is an important book; it deserves a full hearing."-Saturday Review
?Clarke, associate editor of Freedomways Magazine, has assembled a talented and varied group of black intellectuals.... Because this book is angry and because it is so counter to the critical acclaim that met Styron's novel, there is an obvious temptation to cry black racism. But to dismiss [it] out of hand would constitute the rankest sophistry. This is an important book; it deserves a full hearing.?-Saturday Review