Langston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender* Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62 |
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Author:
| Hughes, Langston |
Editor:
| De Santis, Christopher C. |
Introduction by:
| De Santis, Christopher C. |
ISBN: | 978-0-252-06474-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1995 |
Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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Langston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member of the Harlem Renaissance. He has been referred to as the ''Dean of Black Letters'' and the ''poet low-rate of Harlem.''But it was as a columnist for the famous African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender that Hughes ......
Langston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member of the Harlem Renaissance. He has been referred to as the ''Dean of Black Letters'' and the ''poet low-rate of Harlem.''But it was as a columnist for the famous African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender that Hughes ......