African-American literature

610 Encyclopedia of African-American Literature

John Henry Days (Whitehead) 549
Johnnas (Gunn) 218
Johnson, Angela 277–278
Johnson, Cary Alan 77
Johnson, Charles 278–279
on Callaloo 88
Middle Passage 278, 279,
356–357
Opportunity edited by 399–400
on slavery 8, 356
in Watts Writers Workshop 534
Johnson, Georgia Douglas 64, 230,
279–281, 397
Johnson, Helene 281–282
Johnson, J. Rosamond 282, 283
Johnson, James Weldon iv, 282–285
The Autobiography of An Ex-
Colored Man 21–22, 64, 282,
283, 521
The Book of American Negro Po-
etry 123, 158, 283–284
on Brooks (Gwendolyn) 73
and The Crisis 126
on dialect poetry 80, 123
on Johnson (Helene) 281
in NAACP 283, 284, 383, 547
on Nigger Heaven (Van Vech-
ten) 522
on race 21, 247
Johnson, John H. 57–58
Johnson, Margeurite. See Angelou,
Maya
Johnson, Robert 26
Johnson Publishing Company 58
Joker, Joker Deuce (Beatty) 38
Jonah’s Gourd Vine (Hurston)
259–260
Jones, Edward P. 285–286
Jones, Eugene Kinckle 399
Jones, Everett LeRoi. See Baraka,
Amiri
Jones, Gayl 212, 286–288
Corregidora 121–122, 287
Jones, Lisa 311
Jonoah and the Green Stone
(Dumas) 153
Jordan, June 53, 288–291, 357
Jordan, Winthrop 32
Joron, Andrew 11
Journey to Africa (Fuller) 192
Joyce, Joyce Ann 535
Juba to Jive (Major) 328

Jubilee (Walker) 291–292, 529

Judith’s Blues (Simmons) 465

Jule (Henderson) 242, 243

Julien, Isaac 77

Juneteenth (Ellison) 169, 292–293

Just above My Head (Baldwin) 28

Just a Little Simple (Childress) 102

Just as I Am (Harris) 8, 237

“Just Friends” (Stephens) 212

K

“Kabnis” (Toomer) 502

Kaiser, Ernest 269

Karenga, Maulana 53, 82, 110,

294–295

Katharsis (Turner) 48

Kaufman, Bob 10, 295–296

Kawaida 34, 82, 110, 294

Keeping It Real: Post-MTV Reflec-

tions on Race, Sex, and Politics

(Powell) 418

“Keep Ya Head Up” (Tupac) 456

Kelley, William Melvin 48, 296–297

A Different Drummer 141–142,

296–297

Kelly, Robin 24

Kenan, Randall Garrett 297–299

A Visitation of Spirits 204, 298,

523–524

Kennedy, Adrienne 299–300

Kennedy, John F. 366

Kennedy, Susan 16

“Kenya and Amir” (Major) 329

Kenyatta novels (Goines) 205

Killens, John Oliver 165, 186, 219,

300–302, 397

Killing Color (Sherman) 463

Killing Floor (Ai) 7

Kincaid, Jamaica 302–303

Annie John 15–16, 302

Kindred (Butler) 85, 303–304

King, Martin Luther, Jr. 304–305

Angelou (Maya) and 14

assassination of 206, 239, 305

Beatty (Paul) on 38

and Black Arts Movement 49

in Black Issues Book Review 53

on Black Power 55, 56

in Civil Rights movement 104,

105, 304–305, 313–315

Cleaver (Eldridge) on 474

Davis (Ossie) delivering eulogy

for 133

Dyson (Michael Eric) on 162

Johnson (Charles) on 278–279

“Letter From a Birmingham

Jail” 304, 313–315

and Malcolm X 330

Ringgold (Faith) on 438

Schuyler (George Samuel) on

451

Troupe (Quincy Thomas, Jr.)

on 508

and Walk Against Fear march

55

“King of the Bingo Game” (El-

lison) 168

Kinnamon, Keneth 32, 513, 526

Black Writers of America 35, 59,

89, 197, 225

Kizer, Carolyn 109

Klinkenborg, Verlyn 480

Klotman, Phyllis R. 141

“Knees of a Natural Man” (Dumas)

154

Knight, Etheridge 72, 305–306

Knock on Any Door (Motley)

371–372

Known World, The (Jones) 286

Komunyakaa, Yusef 83, 93, 132,

306–308

Koolish, Lynda 111

Krik? Krak! (Danticat) 129, 130

Krone, Gerald S. 531

Kujichagulia 294

Kuumba 295

Kwanzaa 54, 294–295

L

“Ladies First” (Queen Latifah) 422

Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong

Woman (Queen Latifah) 423

“Lady Freedom among Us” (Dove)

148

Land beyond the River, A (Mitchell)

362

Landlord, The (Gunn) 219

Langston Hughes Society 36

Larsen, Nella 309–311, 521

Last Days of Louisiana Red, The

(Reed) 434

“Last Leg, The” (Hamer) 223