Search Results for: The Postwar African American Novel

Americans in the World War II era bought the novels of African American writers in unprecedented numbers. But the names on the books lining shelves and filling

Abandoning the Black Hero examines the motivations that led certain African American authors in mid-twentieth century to shift from writing protest novels about

From postwar efforts to end discrimination in the motion-picture industry, recording studios, and musicians’ unions, through the development of community-base

Marriage between blacks and whites is a longstanding and deeply ingrained taboo in American culture. On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal

Examining the legacy of the Great War on African American culture, this book considers the work of such canonical writers as W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Ne