published UNCOMMONSENSE(1937) and traveled
to England. He invented a popular malted milk
beverage during his sojourn in London.
Anderson, Marian (1902–1993)
A Philadelphia native who became one of the best-
known concert singers of her day. She displayed
poise and professionalism throughout her career,
especially when confronted with racism. The most
dramatic test of Anderson’s composure occurred in
1939, when the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution refused to grant Anderson access to Consti-
tution Hall in Washington, D.C. Intervention from
Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes, and others led to
Anderson’s historic concert at the Lincoln Memo-
rial. During her 30-year career, Anderson received
numerous awards, including a JULIUSROSENWALD
FELLOWSHIPand the NAACP’s prestigious SPIN-
GARNMEDAL.
Bibliography
Anderson, Marian. My Lord, What a Morning: An Auto-
biography.1956, reprint, Urbana: University of Illi-
nois Press, 2002.
Keiler, Allan. Marian Anderson: A Singer’s Journey.New
York: Scribner, 2000.
Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A His-
tory.New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941)
The white Ohio-born author who became a well-
known member of the Chicago Renaissance and
who began publishing regularly in avant-garde
magazines such as THESEVENARTS,accepted in-
vitations from JESSIEFAUSETand JEANTOOMERto
participate in the dynamic arts movement that was
the Harlem Renaissance. While he did not accept
ALAINLOCKE’s invitation to submit a piece to THE
NEWNEGRO,the seminal collection of writings by
and about African-American culture, identity, and
art, Anderson did agree to provide Jessie Fauset
with a piece that could be included in the CRISIS
symposium on the representation of African Amer-
icans in art.
Jean Toomer tried to enlist Anderson’s support
for a magazine that would celebrate African-
American artists, scholarship, and culture. Toomer’s
overtures resulted in a productive but sometimes
trying relationship between the two. Anderson’s
contact with Toomer led to his involvement in the
publication of CANE.While Toomer acknowledged
his high regard for Anderson’s work and noted that
works such as Winesberg, Ohioand Triumph of the
Egghad influenced his own literary visions and re-
gionalist sensibilities, he did chafe against Ander-
son’s tendency to emphasize his black identity.Bibliography
Anderson, David. Critical Essays on Sherwood Anderson.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1981.
Anderson, Mark. “Sherwood Anderson and Jean
Toomer,” Negro American Literature Forum9 (sum-
mer 1975).
Howe, Irving. Sherwood Anderson.Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 1966.
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Toomer Remembered from Winesburg, Ohio.” Studies
in American Fiction28, no. 1 (spring 2000): 77–100.
Townsend, Kim. Sherwood Anderson.Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1987.Andrew, Joseph Maree
The occasional pseudonym of MARITA BONNER.
She published several works under this name, in-
cluding “One Boy’s Crisis,” a short story that ap-
peared in the November 1927 CRISIS,and “And I
Passed By,” a piece that CHARLESS. JOHNSONse-
lected for inclusion in Ebony and Topaz: A Col-
lectanea(1927).Bibliography
Flynn, Joyce, and Joyce Occomy Striklin. Frye Street &
Environs: The Collected Works of Marita Bonner.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1987.Andrews, Regina M. Anderson
(Ursula Trelling)(1901–1993)
A woman whose work at the NEWYORKPUBLIC
LIBRARY(NYPL) and friendships with figures like
ETHELRAYNANCE, secretary to NAACP leader
JAMESWELDONJOHNSON, placed her at the heart
of the Harlem Renaissance.
The daughter of William Grant, a lawyer, and
Margaret Simons Anderson, Andrews attendedAndrews, Regina M. Anderson 9