Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance

examination of social violence and family tragedy. This was the first full-length work that Green, who had written several one-a ...

Kenny, Vincent S. Paul Green.New York: Twayne, 1971. Saunders, Frances. “‘A New Playwright of Tragic Power & Poetic Impulse’ ...

who upheld the capitalistic regime” (28). There are a number of jarring events, revealing sexual en- counters, and lively discus ...

work. Eventually Armstrong himself is corrupted by the system that he initially despises. The novel closes as he makes an attemp ...

Jackman, Harold(1901–1961) A London-born teacher, model, and director who inspired both WALLACE THURMAN and CARL VANVECHTENto mo ...

tablished the Countee Cullen Collection at Atlanta University, a substantial set of cultural, literary, and artistic materials a ...

Bibliography Joshua B. Lippincott: A Memorial Sketch.Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1888. Boyd, Valerie. Wrapped in Rainbow ...

Rowena Jelliffe. In 1940 he lobbied his influential friend CARLVANVECHTENfor aid to support the Jelliffes as they tried to recov ...

HARLEM:A MELODRAMA OFNEGROLIFE,and the third was Harlem Cinderella. Of the three, only Harlem and Jeremiahwere staged. Harlemope ...

to and illuminated the labor and lives of African- American laborers. Jessye published three addi- tional books, including The L ...

“John Redding” draws on the conventions of the picaresque, and it underscores the importance of imagination and the grim realiti ...

Johnson, Charles Spurgeon(1893–1956) One of the most influential scholars and leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson, a soci ...

options for qualified men of color. Johnson’s return to the United States was marred by the violent racial targeting of veterans ...

after his tenure as editor in chief of Opportunity.It was Johnson who encouraged Zora Neale Hurston, newly arrived in New York C ...

Bibliography “Charles Johnson of Fisk U. Is Dead.” New York Times, 28 October 1956, 88. Johnson, Charles, ed. Ebony and Topaz: A ...

the first Negro revolutionary poets” had “[as] a poet... for ten years or more been almost silent.” Johnson’s immersion in journ ...

and at Cleveland College of Music. She studied in a number of fields, including violin, piano, and voice, but as she increasingl ...

tackled in her drama. In 1926 BLUEBLOOD,her play about interracial relationships, secured honor- able mention in the Opportunity ...

and enjoyed a productive collaborative relationship with composer Lillian Evanti, a Washington, D.C.- born opera singer who beca ...

Born in Caddo, Texas, and raised on a farm, Johnson completed undergraduate studies in soci- ology at Baylor University in 1921. ...