Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance

the stonecutting industry and opens with gripping scenes of overworked laborers. “Black men be- hind wheelbarrows slowly ascende ...

was a well-known advocate of African-American Civil War soldiers. He lobbied successfully for equal pay for and fair treatment o ...

In the poem “And Now Goodnight,” Wiggins’s speaker makes a direct address to readers. “I have told you tuneful tales / Gathered ...

began their studies at the Alabama institute. Stu- dents who attended included GEORGE WYLIE HENDERSON,CLAUDEMCKAY, and RALPHELLI ...

second job as the caretaker of the apartment build- ing requires that he deal with obstreperous and de- manding tenants. One eve ...

533 U Uncle Tom’s Children: Four Novellas Richard Wright(1938) A collection of powerful and tragic novellas by RICHARDWRIGHTthat ...

ZORANEALEHURSTON, writing in the Satur- day Review of Literature,characterized the work as one “about hatreds” in which Wright “ ...

One-Acts Published in Periodicals.New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1996. Underwood, Edna Worthley (1873–1961) A gifted linguist, ...

finished masterpiece.” The piece ends with a rather generous exhortation to all about the value of heaven and its welcome of “wh ...

CHARLESS. JOHNSON, editor of OPPORTUNITYand one of the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance movement, were among t ...

Bagnall’s short story is part of the substantial Harlem Renaissance–era literature about lynching. His work reveals the horrific ...

539 V Valentine, C. The pseudonym that the editor, journalist, and ac- tivist CYRILVALENTINEBRIGGSused during his career. While ...

African-American writers and artists. Founded in 1913 by Condé Nast, the magazine was dedicated to celebrating contemporary high ...

for the New York Timesas its Paris correspondent. In 1925, with generous amounts of information and text that he solicited from ...

theme and settings, as “novels that abound in dance minutiae” (NYT,18 June 1961, X15). Van Vechten published several novels duri ...

Anna May Wong, and my second was Eugene O’Neill” (NYT,22 December 1964, 29). Other subjects included Tallulah Bankhead, Marc Cha ...

emigrated from Russia to the United States with her Jewish family. The Marinoffs settled in Boston, but Fania soon joined her ol ...

Lowry, Beverly. Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Tri- umph of Madam C. J. Walker.New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Villard, Oswa ...

how his sacrifice on behalf of the judge and the party he represents, feels “Revolution surg[e] through him,” and he resorts to ...

547 W Walker, A’Lelia(1885–1931) A businesswoman, an enthusiastic patron of the arts, and the only daughter of Madam C. J. Walke ...