The Other Blacklist

Examines African American writers and artists of the 1950s, tracing leftist ideas and activism within their work, recounts the events of the 1959 Black Writers' Conference and explores the ongoing influence of the Black Popular Front.

Autorentext

Mary Helen Washington is a professor in the English Department at the University of Maryland. She has been a Bunting Fellow at Harvard University and has taught at the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories by Black Women Writers, Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers, Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women, and Memory of Kin: Stories of Family by Black Writers.

Klappentext

Revealing the formative influence of 1950s leftist radicalism on African American literature and culture.

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Lloyd Brown: Black Fire in the Cold War2. Charles White: "Robeson with a Brush and Pencil"3. Alice Childress: Black, Red, and Feminist4. When Gwendolyn Brooks Wore Red5. Frank London Brown: The End of the Black Cultural Front and the Turn Toward Civil Rights6. 1959: Spycraft and the Black Literary LeftEpilogue: The Example of Julian MayfieldNotesWorks CitedIndex