American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney LanierLeonard Unger |
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... Harlem erupted in a riot occasioned by the shooting of a black serviceman by a white policeman. Black Harlem now seemed no more habitable for Baldwin than white New Jersey, for he had come to recognize the marks of oppression for what ...
... Harlem erupted in a riot occasioned by the shooting of a black serviceman by a white policeman. Black Harlem now seemed no more habitable for Baldwin than white New Jersey, for he had come to recognize the marks of oppression for what ...
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... Harlem," Boyd maintains that what Harlem needs to "hold out to the world from its windows is a friendly hand, not a belligerent attitude. " Simple answers, "It will not be my attitude I will have out of my window." Many stories express ...
... Harlem," Boyd maintains that what Harlem needs to "hold out to the world from its windows is a friendly hand, not a belligerent attitude. " Simple answers, "It will not be my attitude I will have out of my window." Many stories express ...
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... Harlem life failed him in the case of Tambourines to Glory. Hughes's specific work for the theater includes nine full-length plays, two one-act plays, four gospel musicals, four opera librettos, and one screen-play. Despite this rather ...
... Harlem life failed him in the case of Tambourines to Glory. Hughes's specific work for the theater includes nine full-length plays, two one-act plays, four gospel musicals, four opera librettos, and one screen-play. Despite this rather ...
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