Books of the Month: "Going to Meet The Man."

Before we launch our publication, we would like to feature a series of ideas which would capture our readers and push them not only into reading, but reading stories that relate to and are about our African American experience. One idea is the Book of the Month. This month, we would like to present James Baldwin's Short Story, "Going to Meet the Man (1965)." It is told from the perspective of an White American and describes an eerie custom which used to be common in American society during the fourth of July. In Post Modern America, police brutality and shootings of unarmed Blacks have replaced the domestic American terrorism of yesterday. Still, domestic terrorism reigns and has become as traditional as the 4th of July. It is important for readers to discover the evolution of American society yesterday to understand America today.