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The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine (Harlem Renaissance)

Sondra Kathryn Wilson

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Description:Modern Library Harlem RenaissanceIn 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and Arthur Schomburg were among Opportunity's contributors Many of the pieces included in The Opportunity Reader have not been seen since their publication in the magazine, whose motto was "Not alms, but opportunity."The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine (Harlem Renaissance). To get started finding The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine (Harlem Renaissance), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Modern Library Harlem RenaissanceIn 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and Arthur Schomburg were among Opportunity's contributors Many of the pieces included in The Opportunity Reader have not been seen since their publication in the magazine, whose motto was "Not alms, but opportunity."The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine (Harlem Renaissance). To get started finding The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine (Harlem Renaissance), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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