The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis MagazineAfter its start in 1910, The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races magazine became the major outlet for works by African American writers and intellectuals. In 1920, Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was published in The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois, the magazine's editor, wrote about the coming "renaissance of American Negro literature," beginning what is now known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Crisis Reader is a collection of poems, short stories, plays, and essays from this great literary period and includes, in addition to four previously unpublished poems by James Weldon Johnson, work by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Jessie Fauset, Charles Chesnutt, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke. |
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... knew , and that her help had been rejected with cold hostility . He knew that the murderer went unpunished , and that in later years he had gone into politics , and became the leader and mouthpiece of his party . All the world knew that ...
... knew , and that her help had been rejected with cold hostility . He knew that the murderer went unpunished , and that in later years he had gone into politics , and became the leader and mouthpiece of his party . All the world knew that ...
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... knew . S'posin ' you looked white and didn't have anything to stop you , what would be the hold - back ? " Jay chewed a minute thoughtfully . Then he looked at MacLoed as if wondering whether he was worth a reply . Finally he answered ...
... knew . S'posin ' you looked white and didn't have anything to stop you , what would be the hold - back ? " Jay chewed a minute thoughtfully . Then he looked at MacLoed as if wondering whether he was worth a reply . Finally he answered ...
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... knew only God , work , church , work and God . The only things Bessie knew were God , work , Denny , prayer , Reuben , prayer , Denny , work , work , work , God . Denny was one thing they both knew beside God and work . Denny was their ...
... knew only God , work , church , work and God . The only things Bessie knew were God , work , Denny , prayer , Reuben , prayer , Denny , work , work , work , God . Denny was one thing they both knew beside God and work . Denny was their ...
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The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis ... Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson No preview available - 1999 |
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