A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Essays of the Wpa, by Ralph Ellison, Dorothy West, and Other Voices of a Generation by Lionel C. Bascom

A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Essays of the Wpa, by Ralph Ellison, Dorothy West, and Other Voices of a Generation

Lionel C. Bascom

320 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

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A Renaissance in Harlem is ideal for readers seeking a profound, unvarnished journey into the resilience and complexity of African-American life during the Great Depression, through vivid, diverse voices that bridge history and humanity.

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More than fifty "lost" essays by Dorothy West, Ralph Ellison, and others portray Harlem during the Great Depression, the finest period of self-discovery in African-American history between the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's....

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