Journey to Atlanta

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Journey to Atlanta is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, politics, and disillusionment through the story of a Black singing group’s fraught trip to the American South.

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instanceOf essay
literary work
author James Baldwin
authorEthnicity African-American
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
examines relationship between race and political power in the United States
form prose
genre nonfiction
political essay
hasTheme African-American experience in the South
art and politics
exploitation of Black performers
political disillusionment
racial inequality in the United States
language English
literaryMovement African-American literature
civil rights era literature
mainSubject disillusionment
politics
race
narrativeFocus a Black singing group’s trip to the American South
narrativePerspective first-person
periodOfWork 20th century
setting Southern United States
surface form: American South

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Notes of a Native Son containsEssay Journey to Atlanta