Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance: New Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930

By: Darlene Clark Hine

Book Overview

The Black Chicago Renaissance emerged from a foundational stage that stretched from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the start of the Great Depression. During this time, African American innovators working across the landscape of the arts set the stage for an intellectual flowering that redefined black cultural life.

Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed have brought together essays that explore the intersections in the backgrounds,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252084926
• ISBN13: 9780252084928
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"