Quotes from Colson Whitehead's books, and about them
The Nickel Boys on Notes of a Native Son: “Hill gave him a copy of James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son on the last day of school, and his mind churned.”
The Nickel Boys on Letter from Birmingham Jail: “Elwood cites his "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools" (1959); the 1962 LP Martin Luther King at Zion Hill, specifically the "Fun Town" section; his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"; and his 1962 speech at Cornell College. LOW-CONFIDENCE JUDGMENT CALL: the only surfaced context for this candidate is the author's endnote,…”