The core of the work consists of transcriptions of interviews with Negroes of every social status and from every section of the nation. Warren is not a mere recorder but an active participant in the interview. The result is not an impersonal record of questions and answers, but impressions and images refracted in the contact with a sensitive mind and illuminating on that account. - Oscar Handlin, The New York Times Book Review
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