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245 14 a| The people can fly :b| American promise, Black prodigies, and the greatest miracle of all time /c| Joshua Bennett.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Little, Brown and Company,c| 2026.;

300 a| x, 261 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: What a gift is -- Malcolm and me -- The height of light -- Nevertheless, live -- Park Hill interlude -- Auto-bibliography -- James Baldwin interlude -- A land where we never grow old -- The heart is one of the only parts of the body that has its own sign -- Oscar's interlude -- The orbit of our dreaming -- On imagination; or, Notes toward a theory of miracles.;

520 a| "What does promise cost in America? Especially when that promise is seen as grounds to separate us from the communities we cherish, and framed as the key to success, salvation, survival? In The People Can Fly, Dr. Joshua Bennett explores the complex position of Black prodigies in a society that has, all too often, defined blackness as absence, as a lack of inner life. Through this hybrid work of memoir and cultural history, Dr. Bennett shares how his own academic journey reflected the ebb and flow of being seen as both promising and as a problem. He turns to the childhood archives of Malcolm X, Stevie Wonder, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, and others to further explore this theme: highlighting the role of cultural institutions, and loving communities, in shaping the lives of leading lights within African American culture. What's more, Dr. Bennett clarifies how these spaces--these mentors, teachers, friends, and kin--helped defend young people from a world that sought to exclude them from its vision of promise and possibility."--Publisher description.;

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The people can fly : American promise, Black prodigies, and the greatest miracle of all time / Joshua Bennett.

Author/creator	Bennett, Joshua author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2026.
Description	x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	African Americans. Gifted persons. African Americans--History.

Contents	Introduction: What a gift is -- Malcolm and me -- The height of light -- Nevertheless, live -- Park Hill interlude -- Auto-bibliography -- James Baldwin interlude -- A land where we never grow old -- The heart is one of the only parts of the body that has its own sign -- Oscar's interlude -- The orbit of our dreaming -- On imagination; or, Notes toward a theory of miracles.
Abstract	"What does promise cost in America? Especially when that promise is seen as grounds to separate us from the communities we cherish, and framed as the key to success, salvation, survival? In The People Can Fly, Dr. Joshua Bennett explores the complex position of Black prodigies in a society that has, all too often, defined blackness as absence, as a lack of inner life. Through this hybrid work of memoir and cultural history, Dr. Bennett shares how his own academic journey reflected the ebb and flow of being seen as both promising and as a problem. He turns to the childhood archives of Malcolm X, Stevie Wonder, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, and others to further explore this theme: highlighting the role of cultural institutions, and loving communities, in shaping the lives of leading lights within African American culture. What's more, Dr. Bennett clarifies how these spaces--these mentors, teachers, friends, and kin--helped defend young people from a world that sought to exclude them from its vision of promise and possibility."--Publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780316576024 (hardcover)
ISBN	0316576026 (hardcover)
Standard identifier#	CIPO000320212

The people can fly : American promise, Black prodigies, and the greatest miracle of all time / Joshua Bennett.

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