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Edgar Harry Brookes (1897–1979)

Author of America in travail

18 Works 114 Members 6 Reviews

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Birthdate
1897-02-04
Date of death
1979
Gender
male
Nationality
South Africa

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A South African visitor to America sees campus unrest and the Black Power Movement as the greatest challenges here in 1968.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 other reviews | Oct 29, 2019 |
These deeply Christian letters discuss racial and social injustices and conflicts in South Africa. This is introduced by Douglas Steere with a forward by Alan Paton.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 other reviews | Oct 29, 2019 |
Brookes, a White liberal South African, wrote a public letter to each of three young men of South Africa, an Afrikaner, and English South African, and an indigenous African. Alan Paton declares in the Foreword that the letters are deeply Christian, for it is righteousness they exalt above all else. Brookes wrote beautifully, about how South Africans of all races might yet recognize reality and righteousness and work together for a freedom in South Africa for them all. But the interest in this pamphlet now lies largely in comparing subsequent history with the ideas of this prescient and caring man.… (more)
 
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QuakerReviews | 2 other reviews | Feb 28, 2017 |
Brookes. a white liberal South African visiting the U.S., wrote this pamphlet about the rebellious youth movement and the racial struggle in America in 1968. Brookes' commentary, well-meaning but paternalistic, looks not only dated but also based on misunderstanding of American racism and of the movement. Non recommended.
 
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QuakerReviews | 2 other reviews | Apr 16, 2015 |

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