{"product_id":"light-ahead-for-the-negro-9781513296838","title":"Light Ahead for the Negro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e (1904) is a novel by Edward A. Johnson. Written while Johnson was working as an assistant U. S. Attorney in North Carolina, the novel is a groundbreaking work of speculative fiction and Afrofuturism from a pioneering African American politician and lawyer. \"I glanced through the floor but the earth was almost indistinguishable, and was disappearing rapidly. There was absolutely nothing that I could do. I looked up again at my friend, who was clambering up rather clumsily, I remember thinking at the moment. [...] Involuntarily, I closed my eyes for a moment. When I opened them again, he was gone! My feelings were indescribable. I commenced to lose consciousness, owing to the altitude and the ship was ascending more rapidly every moment. Finally I became as one dead.\" The son of an abolitionist applies to work at a school for African American children in Georgia. In June 1906, he joins a wealthy friend on a flight from New York City to Mexico, boarding an experimental airship at a West 59th Street pier. When an instrument failure sends them spiraling into the upper atmosphere, the narrator loses consciousness. One hundred years later, he lands on a lawn in Georgia, awakening to discover a utopian society in which anti-blackness has been completely eradicated. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Edward A. Johnson's \u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mint Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513296838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72","brand":"Edward A. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40240290463925,"sku":"9781513296838","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d11203ca-ad83-4b57-bc7b-19b25d3b97f0.jpg?v=1623729028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/light-ahead-for-the-negro-9781513296838","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}