Blues for Mister Charlie

Description

In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast. In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.

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Other Editions

• Blues for Mister Charlie: a play.
• Blues for Mister CharlieDell Publishing1964-01-01
• Blues for Mister Charlie.Dial Press1964-01-01
• Blues for Mister CharlieDell1964-01-01
• Blues for mister charlieDelacorte1964-01-01
• Blues for Mister CharlieMichael Joseph1965-01-01