{"product_id":"light-ahead-for-the-negro-paperback","title":"Light Ahead for the Negro - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e (1904) is a novel by Edward A. Johnson. Written while Johnson was working as an assistant U. S. Attorney in North Carolina, the novel is a groundbreaking work of speculative fiction and Afrofuturism from a pioneering African American politician and lawyer. \"I glanced through the floor but the earth was almost indistinguishable, and was disappearing rapidly. There was absolutely nothing that I could do. I looked up again at my friend, who was clambering up rather clumsily, I remember thinking at the moment. [...] Involuntarily, I closed my eyes for a moment. When I opened them again, he was gone! My feelings were indescribable. I commenced to lose consciousness, owing to the altitude and the ship was ascending more rapidly every moment. Finally I became as one dead.\" The son of an abolitionist applies to work at a school for African American children in Georgia. In June 1906, he joins a wealthy friend on a flight from New York City to Mexico, boarding an experimental airship at a West 59th Street pier. When an instrument failure sends them spiraling into the upper atmosphere, the narrator loses consciousness. One hundred years later, he lands on a lawn in Georgia, awakening to discover a utopian society in which anti-blackness has been completely eradicated. This edition of Edward A. Johnson's \u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1906, a teacher takes flight in an experimental airship. As his friend attempts to control the unruly machine, a broken instrument sets the dirigible on an uncontrollable ascent. Passing out, he wakes up a century later in a strange new world, a utopian society where anti-Blackness has been eradicated entirely. \u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel by Edward A. Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68287879086303,"sku":"9781513296838","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SK6XbOI1VT9781513296838.webp?v=1792810310","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/light-ahead-for-the-negro-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}