Learning the difference between black and white: The racial struggle between black and white Americans as represented in a selection of Chester Himes' short stories

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: Despite the ferocious anti-racism of his early works, Himes is best known and appreciated for his detective stories. Whereas these were very successful especially in Europe, the bitterness of his first books did not find approval at first. His short stori...