The Spook Who Sat By The Door: The first Black man in the CIA (2024) - Couverture rigide

Greenlee, Sam

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ISBN 10 : 1914344405 ISBN 13 : 9781914344404

Editeur : Jacaranda Books, 2024

Synopsis

With foreword by Margaret Busby and Afterword by Natiki Pressley, The Spook Who Sat By the Door is the original dark satire on American race relations.

"In all his career as a professional Negro, Summerfield had never before encountered a whiteliberal who actually wanted an original opinion from a Negro concerning civil rights."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Over the course of his career, Sam Greenlee was been a novelist, activist, poet, screenwriter, actor, journalist, teacher, All-American middle-distance runner, martial artist, and talk show host. Born in Chicago on July 13, 1930, Greenlee attended Chicago public schools. At age fifteen, Greenlee participated in his first sit-in and walked in his first picket line; his social activism continued throughout his life.

In 1952, Greenlee received his B.S. in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After two years' service as an infantry Lieutenant, Greenlee entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, studying international relations from 1954 to 1957. In 1957, he began an eight-year career with the Foreign Services Officer, serving in Iraq, East Pakistan, Indonesia, and Greece, and in 1959, was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for bravery during the Baghdad revolution of July 14, 1958; the civilian equivalent of the army's Distinguished Service Cross.

Greenlee's first and most well-known novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door was written in 1966, and first published in London in 1969 by Allison & Busby after unanimous rejection in the United States. It was published in the U.S. in 1970 by Bantam Books, and more recently by Wayne State University Press. This prize-winning, best-selling novel quickly became an underground favourite for its fictionalisation of an urban-based war for African American liberation.

Greenlee co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel with Melvin Clay and was Co-Producer and full partner of Co-Producer-Director, Ivan Dixon, the film was largely funded by independent, predominately, Black investors The Spook Who Sat by the Door was an overnight success when it was released and was then unexpectedly taken out of distribution. Greenlee alleges that the film was suppressed by the FBI in collusion with its distributor, United Artists.

Baghdad Blues followed The Spook Who Sat by the Door and continued Sam Greenlee's determination to expose injustice and the political corruption that feeds oppression domestically and internationally. Baghdad Blues was previously published by Bantam Books in 1976. Throughout his life, Sam also wrote several books of poetry and plays.

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Carter Summerfield had sat in his office all morning, worried and concerned. He sensed the senator was not pleased with his performance and could not understand why. Summerfield had sought desperately to discover what it was the senator wanted to hear in order that he might say it, and was amazed to find that the senator seemed annoyed when his own comments were returned, only slightly paraphrased. In all his career as a professional Negro, Summerfield had never before encountered a whiteliberal who actually wanted an original opinion from a Negro concerningcivil rights, for they all considered themselves experts on the subject. Summerfield found it impossible to believe Senator Hennington any different from the others. He had spent the morning searching for the source of the senator's displeasure until his head ached; the handwriting was on the wall and Summerfield knew his job was at stake.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jacaranda Books
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914344405
• ISBN 13: 9781914344404
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible