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 efforts of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) 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 everyone involved. Each was radicalized at a different moment and for varied 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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... later studies by Robin Kelley, Gerald Horne, Alan Wald, Barbara Foley, Cary Nelson, James Smethurst, Bill Mullen, William Maxwell, and Mary Helen Washington.4 Together, their work has come to fill a void in scholarship on the period ...
... later studies by Robin Kelley, Gerald Horne, Alan Wald, Barbara Foley, Cary Nelson, James Smethurst, Bill Mullen, William Maxwell, and Mary Helen Washington.4 Together, their work has come to fill a void in scholarship on the period ...
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... later denunciation of communism at face value without looking more deeply into his political past. Contemporary detective novelist James Sallis in his Chester Himes: A Life (2001) portrays Himes as a political outsider in order to ...
... later denunciation of communism at face value without looking more deeply into his political past. Contemporary detective novelist James Sallis in his Chester Himes: A Life (2001) portrays Himes as a political outsider in order to ...
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... later Freedomways). Several artists made careers out of sketching cartoons for black newspapers, such as E. Simms Campbell (who published in several black newspapers), Bill Chase (Amsterdam News), Jay Jackson (Chicago Defender), Wilbert ...
... later Freedomways). Several artists made careers out of sketching cartoons for black newspapers, such as E. Simms Campbell (who published in several black newspapers), Bill Chase (Amsterdam News), Jay Jackson (Chicago Defender), Wilbert ...
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... later married Charles Burroughs, who had been raised in the Soviet Union and was also an artist. Working as a high school art teacher, Burroughs was called before the board of education during the McCarthy era to answer questions about ...
... later married Charles Burroughs, who had been raised in the Soviet Union and was also an artist. Working as a high school art teacher, Burroughs was called before the board of education during the McCarthy era to answer questions about ...
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... later the Committee for the Negro in the Arts—such efforts continued along the black cultural front. After the war, there were other conferences, talent contests, and gallery exhibitions. All of the figures I will discuss in subsequent ...
... later the Committee for the Negro in the Arts—such efforts continued along the black cultural front. After the war, there were other conferences, talent contests, and gallery exhibitions. All of the figures I will discuss in subsequent ...
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