An extensive archival collection of material that formed the core of Who Speaks for the Negro?, a book Robert Penn Warren published in 1965 of his interviews with prominent African American writers and activists whose ideas were critical to the civil rights movement. James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael, Ralph Ellison, Malcolm X, and many others interviewed.

Concepts

civil rights, civil rights leaders, robert penn warren

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Additional Tags

civil rights activists, civil rights movement, "who speaks for the negro?", equality in america

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)