Good Morning POU! (if you haven't read the novel Native Son, be forewarned that today's post is a summary of the book) “I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children". When the review of that book began to appear, I realized that I had made an awful naive mistake. I found that I had written a book which even bankers' … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
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Monday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
Good Morning POU! The Indignant Generation is the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement that began in the 1960s. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw the communal rise of writers such as Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance