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The Black Cultural Front : Black Writers and Artists of the Depression Generation /

The Black Cultural Front describes how the social and political movements that grew out of the Depression facilitated the left turn of several African American artists and writers. The Communist-led John Reed Clubs brought together black and white writers in writing collectives. The Congress of Indu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dolinar, Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The National Negro Congress and the radical roots of the black cultural front
  • When a man sees red: Langston Hughes and the simple stories
  • A writer of revolutionary potential: Chester Himes and black noir
  • Battling fascism for years with the might of his pen: Ollie Harrington and the Bootsie cartoons
  • Conclusion: Keeping the memory of survival alive.