The Black Cultural Front: Black Writers and Artists of the Depression GenerationUniv. Press of Mississippi, 9.7.2012 - 288 sivua The Black Cultural Front describes how the social and political movements that grew out of the Depression facilitated the left turn of several African American artists and writers. The Communist-led John Reed Clubs brought together black and white writers in writing collectives. The Congress of Industrial Organizations's effort to recruit black workers inspired growing interest in the labor movement. One of the most concerted efforts was made by the National Negro Congress (NNC), a coalition of civil rights and labor organizations, which held cultural panels at its national conferences, fought segregation in the culture industries, promoted cultural education, and involved writers and artists in staging mass rallies during World War II. The formation of a black cultural front is examined by looking at the works of poet Langston Hughes, novelist Chester Himes, and cartoonist Ollie Harrington. While none of them were card-carrying members of the Communist Party, they all participated in the Left at one point in their careers. Interestingly, they all turned to creating popular culture in order to reach the black masses who were captivated by the movies, radio, newspapers, and detective novels. There are chapters on the Hughes' "Simple" stories, Himes' detective fiction, and Harrington's "Bootsie" cartoons. Collectively, the experience of these three figures contributes to the story of a "long" movement for African American freedom that flourished during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Yet this book also stresses the impact that McCarthyism had on dismantling the Black Left and how it affected each individual involved. Each was radicalized at a different moment and for different reasons. Each suffered for their past allegiances, whether fleeing to the haven of the "Black Bank" in Paris, or staying home and facing the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Yet the lasting influence of the Depression in their work was evident for the rest of their lives. |
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... William Maxwell, and Mary Helen Washington.4 Together, their work has come to fill a void in scholarship on the period between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. Combining formal analysis with a revisionist historical ...
... William Patterson, Alphaeus Hunton, and Rose Nelson Lightcap. Tipped off that he was being watched by the government, Harrington fled to Paris. Close friends with Wright and Himes, he was a prominent personality in the black expatriate ...
... Williams, Olen Montgomery, Charley Weems, Willie Roberson, Andrew Wright, and Roy Wright—thereafter became known as the “Scottsboro boys” and their story spread across the world as an example of racial injustice in the American South ...
... William Patterson, the image of the Scottsboro boys was “carefully constructed” (21). The John Reed Clubs first brought black artists and writers into the Communist Party orbit during the early 1930s. The clubs were named after John ...
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