Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It?Richard Guzman Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It? takes readers on a cultural trip through Chicago’s literary history. Editor Richard R. Guzman compiles the first comprehensive collection of the works of Chicago’s black writers from 1861 to the present day. The anthology, which includes works from newspaper writing, poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and historical and social commentary, seeks not only to represent a broad range of writings but also to focus tightly on such themes as hope and despair, racism and equality, spirituality and religion. More than sixty writers, from the anonymous “J. W. M. (Colored)” to Ken Green, unfold a story that reflects the literary periods in black American history. Each author’s selection is preceded by a biographical and a bibliographical introduction. Readers interested in Chicago, race relations, and literature, as well as scholars of history, sociology, urban studies, and cultural studies, will find the collection invaluable. |
Contents
J W M Colored | 1 |
W Allison Sweeney 1851? | 9 |
Lucy Parsons 18531942 | 17 |
Robert S Abbott and the Chicago Defender | 29 |
Fenton Johnson 18881958 | 38 |
Rev John L Tilley 18981971 | 46 |
Berry 19021995 | 52 |
Era Bell Thompson 19071986 | 60 |
Fair b 1932 | 175 |
Useni Eugene Perkins b 1932 | 181 |
Conrad Kent Rivers 19331968 | 191 |
Clarence Major b 1936 | 198 |
CONTENTS | 200 |
Haki R Madhubuti b 1942 | 208 |
Rodgers b 1945 | 215 |
Charles Johnson b 1948 | 226 |
Alice Browning 19071985 | 66 |
Richard Wright 19081960 | 74 |
Cyrus Colter 19102002 | 92 |
William Attaway 19111986 | 102 |
John Hope Franklin b 1914 | 110 |
Margaret Danner 19151984 | 116 |
Margaret T Burroughs b 1917 | 127 |
Dempsey J Travis b 1920 | 133 |
This | 142 |
Herman Cromwell Gilbert 19231997 | 147 |
Frank London Brown 19271962 | 155 |
Lorraine Hansberry 19301965 | 163 |
Fred Hampton Sr 19481969 | 238 |
Michael Warr dates unavailable | 245 |
Sandra JacksonOpoku b 1953 | 259 |
Marvin Tate b 1959 | 264 |
Elizabeth Alexander b 1962 | 277 |
Tyehimba Jess b 1965 | 286 |
Angela Shannon dates unavailable | 293 |
Tara Betts b 1974 | 305 |
Afterword | 317 |
Credits | 325 |