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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Portions of the general introduction first appeared as “Author vs. Editor” in the February/March 1972 issue of the Author Guild Bulletin.
“The New York State Fair” first appeared in the Syracuse Post-Standard in 1953.
“Sex in Black and White” first appeared in the September 1963 issue of Cavalier.
“This Is My Country Too,” Parts I and II, first appeared in the August and September 1964 issues of Holiday.
“Three Negro Families” first appeared as “The Negro: Three Families” in the March 1967 issue of Holiday.
“The Great White Whore” first appeared in Nickel Review in 1969.
“An Afro-American Looks at South Africa” first appeared in Vista in 1969.
“Subject: Charles Parker” and “Kick Gregory: Desegregated Comic” first appeared in Swank in 1961.
“Smalls Paradise” first appeared in the November 1963 issue of Cavalier.
“Never Before or Since” first appeared in the April 25, 1965 issue of New York, the Sunday Herald Tribune magazine.
Copyright © 1972, 1973 by John A. Williams
Cover design by Andy Ross
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