John A. Williams - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. [1] Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection Safari West. [2]
John A. Williams, 89, Dies; Underrated Novelist Wrote About …
WEBJul 7, 2015 · John A. Williams, a writer whose exploration of black identity, notably in the 1967 novel “The Man Who Cried I Am,” established him as one of the bright lights in what he liked to call “the...
The Man Who Cried I Am - Wikipedia
WEBThe Man Who Cried I Am, first published in 1967 by Little, Brown and Company, is the fourth novel by the American author John A. Williams. The novel tells the story of Max Reddick, a black novelist and journalist, who looks back on his private and professional life and learns of a secret and genocidal plan made by the U.S. government.
How a Fictional Racist Plot Made the Headlines and Revealed an American ...
WEBDec 31, 2017 · For the late writer John A. Williams, the fictitious documents of the King Alfred Plan, from his novel “The Man Who Cried I Am,” weren’t fake news but a conduit …
John A. Williams (1925-2015) - Blackpast
WEBDec 22, 2018 · He is best known for his explorations of black identity in his 1967 best-selling novel The Man Who Cried I Am. John Alfred Williams was born on December 5, 1925 in Jackson, Mississippi, but soon after his birth his …
A Tribute To John Williams, The Man Who Wrote 'I Am'
WEBJul 13, 2015 · The prolific author tackled difficult issues of race in novels and poetry. He used his writing to challenge assumptions about African-Americans, including civil rights hero...
John A. Williams (Author of The Man Who Cried I Am) - Goodreads
WEBJul 3, 2015 · John Alfred Williams was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. His novels are mainly about the black experience in white America.
The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams | Goodreads
WEBThrough the eyes of journalist Max Reddick, and with penetrating fictional portraits of Richard Wright and James Baldwin, among other historical figures, John A Williams reveals the hope, courage, and bitter disappointment of the civil-rights era.
Author John A. Williams dies; Syracuse University alum wrote …
WEBJul 6, 2015 · SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Author John A. Williams, a key figure in the Black Arts movement of the late 1960s and a Syracuse University alum, has died. Williams died July 3 in Paramus, N.J. He was 89....
John A. Williams | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 18, 2018 · An essayist, novelist, anthologist, poet, and biographer, John Alfred Williams is the author of nearly twenty books including a dozen novels that span four decades.