Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance

Mims, Edwin(1872–1959) A Vanderbilt University professor and the author of THEADVANCINGSOUTH.Mims, a professor in the English de ...

too proud to relay the horrific graphic details of the lynching in which he has played an active role. When he produces an unide ...

scholarship to attend Moody. Bethune, who in- tended to become a missionary abroad, graduated in 1893. She became an educational ...

Coulter, a formerly enslaved man from Augusta. The men established the school in the basement of the Springfield Baptist Church ...

American woman to graduate from the HOWARD UNIVERSITYLaw School. Moryck, who graduated from Wellesley Col- lege in 1916, married ...

noting that “this deity did not originate in Haiti. His home is in Dahomey and is worshipped there extensively. Moses had his ro ...

Mother Liked ItAlvira Hazzard(1928) A one-act play by ALVIRAHAZZARDthat was pub- lished first in the SATURDAYEVENINGQUILL,a BOST ...

Hughes began to develop ideas for the play in earlier works, including his 1927 poem entitled “Mu- latto” and the short story “F ...

Boneshe introduces a “plump, dark and sexy” domestic named Daisy, who sparks an intense ri- valry between Dave Carter and Jim We ...

tractable. In his recollection of the event, which he included in his 1940 autobiography THEBIGSEA, Hughes remembered that Hurst ...

community” and that Hurston offered her readers the chance to “participate in collective rituals” of African-American life. Seve ...

three anthologies, including Ebony Rhythm(1948) and Today’s Negro Voices(1978). Bibliography Murphy, Beatrice. Ebony Rhythm: An ...

“Muttsy” is the story of Pinkie, an innocent country girl who moves north to HARLEM. She ap- pears at the chaotic boardinghouse ...

361 N Nance, Ethel Ray(1899–1992) An effective secretary and administrator who facil- itated dynamic networks among artists and ...

and coordinator for DuBois. She was responsible for arranging the details relating to his activities and contacts on the West Co ...

LANTAUNIVERSITYprofessor, began a lengthy ap- pointment as publicity director and editor of THE CRISIS, the official NAACP publi ...

HALLIEQUINNBROWN,MARYMCLEODBETHUNE, FLORIDARUFFINRIDLEY, and CARRIEWILLIAMS CLIFFORD. Brown, a WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY professor, ...

sion of African-American women to the Women’s Army Corps and the establishment of the Fair Em- ployment Practices Commission. Wi ...

roentgenologist. Fisher participated in the NMA and in 1929 delivered an address on X-ray tech- nology, techniques, and interpre ...

zation is committed to African-American eco- nomic and political advancement and to the aboli- tion of racism and prejudice in A ...