Good Morning POU! The last Miss Anne of the week is yet another biddy that Zora Neal Hurston scoped out and realized "ok, let me help this white woman find purpose by letting her support my life." *wipes tear*, this just makes me happy. Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 – February 23, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
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Thursday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
There were always two Harlems in the 1920s—the one that whites flocked to for pleasure and the one that (mostly) blacks lived and worked in. Guidebooks written for white readers presented Harlem as a “real kick,” “New York’s Playground,” a “place of exotic gaiety . . . the home-town of Jazz . . . a completely exotic world” where “Negroes . . . remind one of the great apes of … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Wednesday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Good Morning POU! Today we look at one of the premiere Miss Anne's of the Harlem Renaissance. She provided the resources for many black writers of the period to pursue their talents, chief among them Zora Neal Hurston. Of course as we well know, that support did not come without its own price. Charlotte Osgood Mason, born Charlotte Louise Van der Veer Quick (May … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Tuesday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Good Morning POU! From the book "Miss Anne in Harlem": Almost all histories of the Harlem Renaissance begin with two of the first literary celebrations to bring together Harlem intellectuals and white publishers, editors, and philanthropists: the Civic Club and Opportunity awards dinners of 1924 and 1925 sponsored by Opportunity magazine, the National Urban League’s … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Tuesday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music
Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 - July 13, 1980) was an African-American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music. Riddle was born in Burnsville, North Carolina. He grew up with his paternal grandparents near Kingsport, Tennessee, not far from the Virginia border. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music