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From Rage to Entitlement
Atria
September 2005
272 pages ISBN: 0743496191 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of
Black Rage -- one of the twentieth century's most profound
examinations of black life in America -- has been a witness
to some of the most important events in American history. Now, thirty years later, for the first time he reconsiders
his extraordinary life and career, offering a moving account
of his journey -- as one of the nation's foremost
authorities in the field of psychiatry -- from rage to
entitlement. An African American pioneer in the field of psychiatry, Dr.
Cobbs in his lifetime has grown up during the Great
Depression, felt the dramatic effects of World War II, and
witnessed the dismantling of Jim Crow laws and the impact of
Brown vs. Board of Education. He watched the rise of Martin
Luther King Jr. and the heroism of Rosa Parks in the civil
rights movement. He followed the life of Malcolm X and
"searched avidly for what animated the ideas beneath his
fiery rhetoric." Every experience of his early life and
education led to an auspicious partnership with a colleague,
William H. Grier, who shared his convictions and the work
involved in producing what the New York Times would call
"one of the most important books on [blacks]." Written at the height of the black power movement, Black
Rage has sold over one million copies and remains a relevant
study of race relations. Dr. Cobbs has lived through decades
of profound social, political, and cultural transformation
in America. A second-generation doctor, Cobbs has at once
written a classic portrait of an amazing family and the
making of a healer and community and business leader. As a
psychiatrist, he has pioneered methods for studying the
psychology of race and gender. So, while My American Life is
a heartfelt memoir of a loving father and husband, it is
also a chronicle of the black experience in America.
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