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Friday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
Good Morning POU! One thing I've learned from reading this book, Miss Anne in Harlem...is that Zora Neal Hurston, chief among others, took full advantage of these arrogant patronizing Miss Annes and felt no guilt about it. I had to wipe tears I was so proud. Today we look at the founder of one of the most elite liberal women's colleges in the country and one of the "Seven … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Miss Anne(s) in Harlem
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