Introduction -- Unraveling cultural notions: black progress in Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist -- Restless questioning: anguish and the ethos of black struggle in Alice Walker's Meridian -- Resisting consensus: class-driven politics in John Oliver Killens's The cotillion -- Self-renewal through introspection: endless journeys, endless becoming in Toni Morrison's Tar baby -- Conclusion.
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