Overview

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans--including author Deborah Plant's brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America--are deprived of these basic freedoms every day. In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston's explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: ""But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had sold me and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory."" We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere. An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Full Product Details

9798212040952

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of the New York Times bestseller Barracoon: The Story of the Last ""Black Cargo"" by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography. She is also editor of The Inside Light: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston, and the author of Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit and Every Tub Must Sit On Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston. She holds MA and Ph. D. degrees in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Plant played an instrumental role in founding the University of South Florida's Department of Africana Studies, where she chaired the department for five years. She presently resides in Florida. Emana Rachelle is a New York City-based stage, screen, and voice-over actress with a voice described as rich velvet. Emana is a proud member of both SAG-AFTRA and AEA. She has an MFA from West Virginia University, where she served as a W. E. B. DuBois Graduate Fellow. Additionally, she holds a BFA from NYU Tisch and has trained at The British American Dramatic Academy. Emana has performed Off-Broadway, and her television credits include HBO's Insecure, Amazon Prime's #LoveMyRoomie, and NBC's 30 ROCK. Her upcoming credits include The Good Fight (Paramount) and the highly anticipated film The Color Purple Musical, executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. Emana has a love of all things fiction, especially mysteries (love, love!). She's narrated YA, fantasy, science fiction, MOCAP, and romance. In particular, her more than ten years of experience as a standup comedian have given Emana a solid funny bone, and made her a sucker for romantic comedies. She possesses the unique skills to perform multiple voices and dialects. She falls in love with building a character's world, the special traits that make them tick, and their unique points of view. She can't wait to narrate your next book!

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available