Harlem : the crucible of modern African American culture / Lionel C. Bascom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bascom, Lionel C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans.

Politics and government.

Intellectual life.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Civilization.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Harlem Renaissance.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.

African American arts--New York (State)--New York--20th century.

African American arts.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Civilization.

New York (State)--New York.

New York (State)--New York--Harlem.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 208 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Crucible of modern African American culture

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]

Summary:

Focusing on the contributions of civic reformers and political architects who arrived in New York in the early decades of the 20th century, this book explores the wide array of sweeping social reforms and radical racial demands first conceived of and planned in Harlem that transformed Negroes into self-aware Americans for the first time in history. It documents the Harlem Renaissance period's important role in one of the greatest transformations of American citizens in the history of the United States-from slavery to a migration of millions to parity of achievement in all fields, extends the definition of one of the most progressive periods in African American history for students, academics, and general readers and provides an intriguing reexamination of the Harlem Renaissance period that posits that it began earlier than most general histories of the period suggest and lasted well into the 1960s.

Contents:

From exodus to the rise of Harlem as a cultural center

Raisins in the sun

A history of New York activism

The arrivals

Negrophilia

Almost made king

Exit the New Negro

Mystic knights

New York frame of mind

Black Socrates

The last leaf

Legal defense

The gospel of Powell

The crisis

The messenger

Going home

March on Washington I

March on Washington II

Epilogue: fire in the crucible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bascom, Lionel C., author. Harlem

ISBN:

9781440842689

144084268X

OCLC:

929588824