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John Alfred Williams

5 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 2015

62 works in the book catalog catalog

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Biography

Prolific Mississippi-born writer academic and journalist, who lived & worked primarily in the u.s. northeast. American writer, academic, and journalist. He is best known for his explorations of black identity in his 1967 best-selling novel The Man Who Cried I Am

Also published as: John A. Williams

Most-read books

  • Cover of The Man Who Cried I Am

    The Man Who Cried I Am

    4 · 1967 · 9 want to read

  • Cover of Clifford's blues

    Clifford's blues

    4 · 1998 · 4 want to read

  • Cover of Ways In

    Ways In

    1994 · 5 want to read

  • Cover of Night song

    Night song

    1961 · 4 want to read

  • Cover of Sons of darkness, sons of light

    Sons of darkness, sons of light

    1969 · 3 want to read

  • Cover of If I stop I'll die

    If I stop I'll die

    1991 · 2 want to read

  • Cover of Sissie

    Sissie

    4 · 1963 · 2 want to read

  • Cover of Flashbacks

    Flashbacks

    1973 · 2 want to read

  • Cover of Captain Blackman

    Captain Blackman

    1972 · 2 want to read

  • Night Song

    John Alfred Williams

    Night Song

    1961 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of !Click song

    !Click song

    1982 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of Mothersill and the foxes

    Mothersill and the foxes

    1975 · 1 want to read

  • Amistad 2

    John Alfred Williams

    Amistad 2

    n.d. · 1 want to read

  • Cover of Jacob's ladder

    Jacob's ladder

    1987 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of The angry ones

    The angry ones

    1960 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of The King God didn't save

    The King God didn't save

    1970 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of This is my country, too

    This is my country, too

    1966 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of The angry ones

    The angry ones

    1970 · 1 want to read

  • The Most Native of Sons

    John Alfred Williams

    The Most Native of Sons

    1970 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of This is My Country Too

    This is My Country Too

    1965 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of Amistad 2

    Amistad 2

    1970 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of Beyond the Angry Black

    Beyond the Angry Black

    1966 · 1 want to read

  • Cover of Angry black

    Angry black

    1962 · 1 want to read

  • Clifford's Blues

    John Alfred Williams

    Clifford's Blues

    2016 · 1 want to read

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