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John Oliver Killens (January 14, 1916 – October 27, 1987) was an American fiction writer from Georgia. His novels featured elements of African-American life.

John Oliver Killens (January 14, 1916 – October 27, 1987) was an American fiction writer from Georgia. He was also wrote plays, short stories and essays, and published articles in a range of outlets. Killens was born in Macon, Georgia, to Charles Myles Killens, Sr, and Willie Lee Killens. His father encouraged him to read Langston Hughes' writings, and his mother, who was president of the Dunbar Literary Club, introduced him to poetry

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John Oliver Killens's landmark novel of social protest chronicles the lives of the Youngblood family and their friends in Crossroads, Georgia, from the turn of the century to the Great Depression.

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John Oliver Killens's landmark novel of social protest chronicles the li. .Youngblood is one hell of a good book. It traces the history of Joe and Laurie Lee Youngblood, their family, and how they change their world. The narrative voice takes a little bit to get used to, but is exactly the perfect choice to really take you into the world and characters of the book. After a few pages, I was completely encompassed by the world. The book is also beautifully structured, each event building on the next to bring you to a stunningly moving conclusion. This book also had a Youngblood is one hell of a good book.

Youngblood (Brown Thrasher Books Se. John Killens. Killens (And Then We Heard the Thunder, et. depicts a time when the effort to register to vote became, for black and white, an existential act fraught with imminent death and unlimited possibility.

John Oliver Killens on the racial injustice suffered by African-Americans. African American Literature Social Justice Racism. The Writer Talks: John Oliver Killens, 8/19/1970 by PEN America is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Used availability for John Oliver Killens's Youngblood. January 2000 : USA Hardback.

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Published by Trident Press, 1966. Condition: Used: Very Good Hardcover. From Sequitur Books (Boonsboro, MD, . Price: US$ 2. 0 Convert Currency. Our motto, "For every person, a good book!"