![]() Published at the height of the civil rights movement, the book reached far beyond the traditional literary world, drawing new attention to the lives of those living in the inner city. Brown’s parents, who had been sharecroppers, moved from South Carolina to Harlem in 1935 before they had children and lived in a tenement at 146th Street and Eighth Avenue. The book describes how early 20th century New York was thought to be the "promised land" for African Americans, but life in Harlem was more challenging than migrants expected. It chronicles the author's coming-of-age story amidst poverty and violence in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s that describes the cultural, economic and religious conditions that suffused Harlem while constructing a narrative of his early life. ![]() Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violenceĭescription of Artwork: Manchild in the Promised Land is an autobiographical novel written by Claude Brown. ![]()
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