Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance - 9780252043055

Roots of the Black Chicago RenaissanceNew Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930\nAuthor(s): Richard A. Courage, Christopher Robert Reed, Darlene Clark Hine, Richard A. Courage, Mary Jo Deegan, Brenda Ellis Fredericks, James C. Hall, Bonnie Claudia Harrison, Darlene Clark Hine, John McCluskey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252043055, 978-0252043055\nSynopsis\nThe 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 [url] A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed have brought together essays that explore the intersections in the backgrounds, education, professional affiliations, and public lives and achievements of blackh