Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance

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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance LOIS BROWN ...

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance Copyright © 2006 by Lois Brown All rights reserved. No part of this book may be ...

CONTENTS Acknowledgments v Introduction vi Map of Harlem x Entries 1 Selected Bibliography of Harlem Renaissance–Era Works by Le ...

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS C ompletion of a project such as this depends on the support, counsel, and expertise of col- leagues, librarians ...

T he Harlem Renaissance was an era of spirited intellectual debate, innovative creative ven- tures, unprecedented collaboration, ...

Introduction vii and collaborator William Jourdan Rapp that if he remained in New York City, “no work would be done” (Thurman 14 ...

viii Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance major journals and their contributors. These newly assembled volumes of pri ...

Introduction ix majority of entries focus on the artists, works, and issues of the day. However, in an effort to contextu- alize ...

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Abbott, Robert Sengstacke (1870–1940) Editor and founder of the CHICAGODEFENDER, the influential newspaper that encouraged Afri- ...

Abbott’s Monthly A CHICAGO-based magazine founded by ROBERT SENGSTACKEABBOTT, founder and editor of the CHICAGODEFENDER,in Septe ...

African Black Brotherhood A political organization that was affiliated with the COMMUNISTPARTY. This socialist group was part of ...

Europe. Aldridge, the grandson of a Senegalese prince became a British citizen and dazzled count- less audiences. His sophistica ...

Peyton, Fountain. A Glance at the Life of Ira Frederick Aldridge. Washington, D.C.: R. K. Pendleton, 1917. Aldridge Players A sm ...

and Wallace Stevens. Books by Knopf soon came to be recognized by the distinctive Borzoi symbol. Inspired by the Russian wolfhou ...

Vogel, Todd, ed. The Black Press: New Literary and His- torical Essays,New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Uni- versity Press, 2001. Al ...