The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference FROM THE PUBLISHER
This indispensable work urging removal of the color barrier remains one of the key commentaries on the question of race in the modern era. First published in 1956, it arose from Richard Wright's participation in a global conference held in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955. With this report of what occurred at Bandung Wright takes a central spot on the international stage and serves as a harbinger of worldwide social and political change. He exhorts Western nations, largely responsible for the poverty and ignorance in their former colonies, to destroy racial impediments and to work with the leadership of the new nations in moving toward modernization and industrialization under a free democratic system rather than under Communist totalitarianism. With this book, Wright became a precursor to the era of multiculturalism and an advocate for global transformation.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
"It seems probable that no white Westerner, no African or Asian could have summoned up sufficient objectivity to write it," said LJ's reviewer (LJ 1/15/56). Here, Wright (whose novel, Savage Holiday, is listed above) describes what transpired at the Asian African Bandung Conference of 1955, deducing that religion and race are what truly separates nations.
Booknews
Wright, one of America's great Black writers, describes the issues and his personal experiences at the 1955 Bandung Conference, where leaders of Asian and African nations met to discuss issues including colonialism, racism, international economic and social cooperation, and world peace. Wright offers portraits of leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah and Jawaharal Nehru, and exhorts Western nations to destroy racial barriers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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