If you do not want to think, do not read these essays. I Don't Get Down Like That is a cogent and powerful collection of essays that incorporates Torrance Stephens's private reflections and personal indictment of the mainstream, liberal intellectuals that have turned African Americans in to political servants. Using world and modern history, he provides a clear, principled, sobering and non-partisan analysis of the economic and social changes impacting African Americans brought about by accepting beliefs and positions without query and the potentially dire social consequences of doing such. This eloquent and moving collection enriches, and is easily accessible to contemporary readers. It not only provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personality of one of his generations greatest writers and essayist, but also offers a supremely clear outline of what not thinking for one's self can result in.