{"product_id":"9781617430268","title":"Imperium In Imperio","description":"Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 - January 2, 1933) is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio, a utopian work that imagines that within the United States there is a separate African American state. This work centers on the disclosure of an African American \"empire within an empire,\" a shadow government complete with a Congress based in Waco, Texas. The two main characters are childhood friends separated by wealth, education, skin tone, and political outlook; one is a militant and one an integrationist. The light-skinned and more militant Bernard Belgrave has been hand-picked to serve as president and advocates a takeover of the Texas state government, while the dark-skinned, college-educated Belton Piedmont argues for assimilation and cooperation. Bernard has Belton executed as a traitor, leaving the potentially violent and unstable Bernard in control of the Imperium as the novel ends.","brand":"Greenbook Publications, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031693869296,"sku":"9781617430268","price":9.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617430268_p0.jpg?v=1763853365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617430268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}