African American Literature of the Early 1900s Daniel Ansaldo

1. African American Literature of the Early 1900s Daniel Ansaldo

2. The Age of the New Negro • Protest writing grew from racial injustices • Pauline E. Hopkins (1859-1930) • Colored American Magazine • Attempted to reignite antislavery fervor • WEB Du Bois (1868-1963) • Put in charge of The Crisis by NAACP • Became the most read African magazine of the time • James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) • Famous writer, poet, diplomat • Published The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man in 1912 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_literature

3. Harlem Renaissance • After WWI, a new age of music, art, and literature emerged. • Centered around Harlem,New York • Literature subjects varied, but race and racial identity were the most popular. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance

4. Harlem Renaissance Writers • Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) • Most known for his novel Southern Road, published in 1932. • Countee Cullen (1903-1946) • His poems were published in such magazines as The Crisis, Opportunity, Harper's, Century Magazine, and Poetry. • Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) • Novels included There is Confusion, Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral, The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life, and Comedy American Style • Langston Hughes (1902-1967) • He wrote short stories, novels, plays, and poetry.

5. Harlem Renaissance Writers cont. • Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) • Her works include Tell My Horse, Mules and Men, Mule Bone, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, which is considered her best work. • Nella Larsen (1891-1964) • She was the first African American woman to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship for her story Sanctuary. • Jean Toomer (1894-1967) • Some of his poetry and prose include Broom, The Liberator, The Little Review, and Cane. In the early 1920s, he became involved in the religion Unitism, and eventually left Harlem. • http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/harlemrenaissance/a/harlem_writers.htm