The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sondra Kathryn Wilson (Editor), Paul Robeson, Zora Neale HurstonSeries:Modern Library (Paperback)Publish date:2000-02-08Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375755392ISBN-10:037575539XUPC:9780375755392Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:American, EssaysBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.42 x 5.60 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SC8ZXTBJK0
The Messenger was the third most popular magazine of the Harlem Renaissance after The Crisis and Opportunity. Unlike the other two magazines, The Messenger was not tied to a civil rights organization. Labor activist A. Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen started the magazine in 1917 to advance the cause of socialism to the black masses. They believed that a socialist society was the only...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375755392ISBN-10:037575539XUPC:9780375755392Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:American, EssaysBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.42 x 5.60 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SC8ZXTBJK0
Sondra Katherine Wilson, Ph.D. is a researcher at Harvard University's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute. She is the executor of the James Weldon Johnson estate and the editor of several volumes of his work. She is also the editor of the Modern Library's The Crisis Reader and The Opportunity Reader. She lives in New York City.
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
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2000 Edition
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Sondra Kathryn Wilson (Editor), Paul Robeson, Zora Neale Hurston
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