The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

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Modern Library Harlem Renaissance In 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0375753796

ISBN13:9780375753794

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Modern Library

Length:576 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.6" x 8.7"

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