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Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-440) and index. |
| Contents |
Part One: On the Folk. Bits of Our Harlem -- High John de Conquer -- The Last Slave Ship -- Characteristics of Negro Expression -- Conversions and Visions -- Shouting -- Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals -- Ritualistic Expression from the Lips of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church of God -- Part Two: On Art and Such. You don't Know Us Negroes -- Fannie Hurst -- Art and Such -- Stories of Conflict -- The Chick with One Hen -- Jazz Regarded as Social Achievement -- Review of Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant -- What White Publishers Won't Print -- Part Three: On Race and Gender. The Hue and Cry About Howard University -- The Emperor Effaces Himself -- The Ten Commandments of Charm -- Noses -- How It Feels to Be Colored Me -- Race Cannot Become Great Until It Recognizes Its Talent -- Now Take Noses -- Lawrence of the River -- My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience -- The Lost Keys of Glory -- The South Was Had -- Take for Instance Spessard Holland -- Part Four: On Politics. The "Pet Negro" System -- Negroes Without Self-Pity -- The Rise of the Begging Joints -- Crazy for This Democracy -- I Saw Negro Votes Peddled -- Mourner's Bench -- A Negro Voter Sizes Up Taft -- Court Order Can't Make Races Mix -- Which Way the NAACP? -- Part Five: On the Trial of Ruby McCollum. Zora's Revealing Story of Ruby's 1st Day in Court! -- Victim of Fate! -- Ruby Sane! -- Ruby McCollum Fights for Life -- Bare Plot Against Ruby -- Trial Highlights -- Justice and Fair Play Aim of Judge Adams as Ruby Goes on Trial -- McCollum-Adams Trial Highlights -- Ruby Bares Her Love Life -- Ruby's Story: Doctor's Threats, Tussle over Gun Led to Slaying! -- Ruby's Troubles Mount: Named in $100,000 Lawsuit! -- The Life Story of Mrs. Ruby J. McCollum! -- My Impressions of the Trial. |
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African American authors.
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Artists.
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Harlem Renaissance.
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| Genre |
Essays.
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| Addt'l Author |
West, Margaret Genevieve, editor, writer of introduction.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9780063043855 (hardcover) |
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0063043858 (hardcover) |
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9780063043862 (trade paperback) |
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0063043866 (trade paperback) |
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