| The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine Contributor(s): Wilson, Sondra Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375753796 ISBN-13: 9780375753794 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: 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 Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and Arthur Schomburg were among Opportunity's contributors. Many of the pieces included in The Opportunity Reader have not been seen since their publication in the magazine, whose motto was "Not alms, but opportunity." The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 810.8 |
| LCCN: 2001274792 |
| Series: Modern Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (1.64 lbs) 578 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and Arthur Schomburg were among Opportunity's contributors. Many of the pieces included in The Opportunity Reader have not been seen since their publication in the magazine, whose motto was "Not alms, but opportunity." The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers. |