Davis, Frank Marshall 114–115
Black Man’s Verse 43
I Am the American Negro 266
Through Sepia Eyes 518
Davis, Robert Hobart 115
Davis, Sadie Warren 115–116
Day, Caroline Bond Stewart
“Fairy Story, A” 148
“Pink Hat, The” 421
“Days” (Moryck) 116
Deacon’s Awakening, The(Richardson) 116,
450
Dear Lovely Death(Hughes) 116–117
Death Dance, The(Duncan) 117, 130
“Death Game, The” (Sheen) 117, 479
Delaney, Sara (Sadie) Marie 117
Delany, Clarissa M. Scott 117–118, 242
Delany, Hubert 10
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 118, 250
and Bonner, Marita Odette 52, 439
members of 118, 154
Democracy and the Negro(Cuthbert) 110
“Deserter from Armageddon, A” (Lewis, T.)
118
Dewitt Clinton High School 118
Dickinson, Blanche Taylor 118–119
Dictionary of American Negro Biography
(Logan and Winston) 322
Dill, Augustus Granville 119
and Crisis, The 102
editor of Brownies’ Book, The 68
and Hughes, Langston 254
Dismond, Geraldyn (Gerry Major) 119,
271, 294
Divine, Father. SeeBaker, George
Dodge, Mabel 119
and the Provincetown Players 435
Dodson, Owen (Vincent) 18, 119–120,
286, 571
Domingo, Wilfred Adolphus 91, 120
and the African Black Brotherhood 3
associates of 516
and Black and White 346
as editor of Negro World379, 536
Emancipatorfounded by 140
Don’t Judge by Appearances. See Appearances
“Door Stop” (Miller) 120
“Double Trouble” (Fauset, J.) 88, 120–121
Dougherty, Romeo Lionel 121
Douglas, Aaron 121,171, 208, 218
and Fire!!160, 263, 520
and Fisk University 167
and Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life
214, 397
illustrations by 328, 350, 423
relationships maintained with 516
“Drab Rambles” (Bonner) 121–122
Draper, Muriel 122
Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The
(Hughes) 122
“Dreams Are the Workman’s Friends”
(Henry) 232–233
Dreiser, Theodore 52, 122,176, 316
“Drenched in Light” (Hurston) 122–123
Drums at Dusk(Bontemps) 57, 123–123,
209
DuBois, William Edward Burghardt vii, viii,
54, 124–129,125,218, 516
on Africa 2
and Anderson, Regina M. Andrews 10
and Atlanta 14
and Atlanta University 15
award won by 494
on Black Opals 45
and Boston 59
characterization of 44
on Climbing Jacob’s Ladder(Andrews) 83
coined the phrase Talented Tenth 507
collaboration with Johnson, Guy
Benton 286
and the “Criteria of Negro Art” sympo-
sium 103
Dark Princess111–113
and Dill, Augustus Granville 119
and DuBois, (Nina) Yolande 129
editor of Brownies’ Book, The 68
and Fauset, Jessie Redmon 150
and Ferris, William Henry 155
as a founder
of the American Negro Academy
8
of Crisis, The 101
of theater groups 10, 101, 216, 299
and Ghana 181
Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the
Making of America181–182
and Graham DuBois, Shirley Lola
192–193
and Harvard University 224
involvement with the Communist Party
91
and Johnson, James Weldon 290
and the Krigwa Little Theatre
Movement 299
and the NAACP 362–363
Negro, The 370
Negro in Art, The: How Shall He Be
Portrayed? A Symposium 375–376
and the Niagara movement 389
opinions of 77, 243, 391, 437, 466
and the Pan-African Congresses 322,
412
relationships maintained with 69, 83,
246
Souls of Black Folk485–486
DuBois, (Nina) Yolande 56, 96, 124, 129
and marriage to Cullen, Countee Porter
106, 272
Dunbar Apartments 129, 130
Dunbar Garden Players 129
Dunbar High School 96. See alsoM Street
High School
principal of 258
teachers at 117, 129, 150Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore vii, 19,
129–130,285, 515
“Hope Deferred” 246
Dunbar News 130
Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer 130
Duncan, Thelma 130, 250
Black Magic 42
Death Dance, The 117
Sacrifice 462
“Dust” (Cuney) 109
Dust Tracks on a Road(Hurston) 130–131,
265, 510
Dykes, Eva Beatrice 131, 354
E
Earth(Basshe) 29, 132
Eastman, Crystal 132, 132, 312
Eastman, Max Forrester 71, 132, 132,
218–220, 323
as editor of the Liberator 312
and the Espionage Act 143
Eatonville, Florida 132–133,252, 262
as a setting 359–360, 510
“Eatonville Anthology, The” (Hurston)
133–134, 263
Ebony and Topaz: A Collectanea(Johnson, C.
S.) 100, 118–119, 134–135,470, 490,
535
editor of 280
“Ebony Flute, The” 135, 406
Echoes from the Hills(Yancey) 135
“Echo from Toulouse, An” (Yeiser) 135,
571
Edmonds, Sheppard Randolph 136,374,
571
Shades and Shadows 478
Six Plays for the Negro Theatre 481
Edward, H. F. V. 136–137
Edwards, Eli 137. See alsoMcKay, Claude
Edwards, Eulalie Imelda 137, 341
Einstein, Amy. SeeSpingarn, Amy
Elijah’s Raven(Graham DuBois) 137
Ellington, Edward Kennedy (Duke) 99,
137–138
Ellison, Ralph Waldo 138–139,201, 216
“El Tisico” (Coleman) 139–140
Emancipator 140
founder of the 120, 338
Emilie Hapgood Players 140,193, 211, 452,
526
“Emmy” (Fauset, J.) 141
Emperor Jones, The(O’Neill) 141–142,
209, 237, 404
performances of 252, 417
venues for 314, 380
Emperor Jones, The(film) 142
Emperor Jones, The(opera) 142
Environment(Gilbert) 142–143, 182
Espionage Act 143, 346
Essentials(Toomer) 143–144
“Eternal Quest, The” (Coleman) 144
Ethiopia at the Bar of Justice(McCoo) 339Index 599