Imperium in Imperio

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by Sutton E. Griggs, A. J. Verdelle, Preface,

Introduction by Cornel West

Modern Library: Random House

Due/Published December 2003, 288 pages, paper

ISBN 0812971604

Self-published in 1899 and sold door-to-door by the author, this classic African-American novel - an exploration of oppression, miscegenation, exploitation, and black empowerment - was a major bestseller in its day. The dramatic story of a conciliatory black man and a mulatto nationalist who grow up in a racist America and are driven to join a radical movement dedicated to the creation of an all-black nation in Texas, Imperium in Imperio had a profound influence on the development of black nationalism.