Notes from the field / Anna Deavere Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, Anna Deavere author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | xxiii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections |
| Contents | Prologue: Sherrilyn Ifill -- The death of Freddie Gray -- Kevin Moore -- Allen Bullock -- Jamal Harrison Bryant -- Councilman Michael Tubbs -- On the river -- Taos proctor -- Abby Abinanti -- Leticia de Santiago -- The Shakara story -- Amanda Ripley -- Niya Kenny -- Denise Dodson -- Trauma -- Sari Muhonen -- Dr. Victor Carrion, MD -- Steven Campos -- Stephanie Williams -- Bryan Stevenson -- Never give up -- James Baldwin -- Sherrilynn Ifill -- Bree Newsome -- Congressman John Lewis. |
| Abstract | "Notes from the Field--originally performed as a one-person play--portrays a host of real-life figures who have witnessed, experienced, and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons. (As Smith put it in a recent interview: "Stuff that for middle-class kids or rich kids, it'd be considered mischief; for poor kids, it's really that road to prison.") We are introduced to these figures one by one: Sherrilyn Iffil, president of the NAACP; Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant, who spoke at the funeral of Freddie Gray; Niya Kenny, a high school student who was arrested for defending a classmate against a teacher's overzealous discipline; Bree Newsome, the activist who made headlines when she removed the Confederate flag from the state house grounds of South Carolina; and many others. Taken together, these voices bear powerful witness to a great injustice of our time--and inspire us with their accounts of perseverance, resistance, and progress"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "An Anchor Books original." |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Smith, Anna Deavere, author. Notes from the field New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019 9780525564607 |
| Genre/form | Monologues (Drama) |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| LCCN | 2018040656 |
| ISBN | 9780525564591 trade paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0525564594 trade paperback alkaline paper |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3569 .M465 N68 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |