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African American fathers

Fatheralong

by John Edgar Wideman,

Life with Father

by Itabari Njeri,

Me and My House . . .

by James Baldwin,

In this searching portrait of his father and himself—the author of Go Tell It on the Mountain and of the forthcoming Notes of a Native Sun, explores some depths of the human condition.

Parental teachings wasted

by Harper’s Staff,

Not so favorable

Drawn by W.L. S.,

Debug