I Am Not Your Negro

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Download PDF

Access Full Guide

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Front Matter

Part 1: “Paying My Dues”

Part 2: “Heroes”

Part 3: “Witness”

Part 4: “Purity”

Part 5: “Selling the Negro”

Part 6: “I Am Not A N*****”

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

How does the text construct the different positions and strategies of King, Evers, and X? How does this construction contrast with how these men are presented elsewhere?

Why did Baldwin select King, X, and Evers as subjects? How does their grouping inform the reader’s understanding of the civil rights movement?

Although Raoul Peck doesn’t include any original text outside of his introduction, he is listed as a co-author, alongside Baldwin. How does Peck’s voice come through in the text? How does his voice, or editorial intent, affect the meaning of the included materials?