Based on the author's own experiences as the publicity director for a vanity press, The Angry Ones chronicles the hidden and unacknowledged racism that he faced as an educated black man in the professional world. First published in 1960, this book stripped the facade of hypocrisy and condescension that was pervasive in the liberal, superficially hip societal circles of the era. Williams went on to have one of the most important postwar literary careers in the country, which included the publication of his classic 1967 bestseller, The Man Who Cried I Am.
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