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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781994603321

Autore

Gilyard Keith <1952->

Titolo

John Oliver Killens [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Black literary activism / / Keith Gilyard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-25299-6

9786613252999

0-8203-4195-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

B

Soggetti

African American authors

African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A white man's republic, 1915-1928 -- Avoiding the river, 1928-1936 -- Mr. Killens, 1936-1942 -- Chasing the double victory, 1942-1945 -- None as radical as Mickey Mouse, 1945-1948 -- The efficacy of struggle, 1948-1949 -- A colored man who happened to write, 1949-1951 -- The poetry, energy, and convictions, 1951-1954 -- Mr. Youngblood, 1954-1955 -- Stalking the truth, 1955-1957 -- Rights and rites, 1958-1959 -- Journey to genesis, 1959-1961 -- Thundering genius, 1961-1963 -- It doesn't hurt to review, 1963-1964 -- Statesmanlike work, 1964 -- In residence, 1965-1966 -- Explaining dissent, 1966-1967 -- New Black, 1967-1968 -- We must construct a monument, 1968-1969 -- Champeenship of blackness, 1970-1971 -- Long-distance running, 1971-1974 -- I always said class and race, 1974-1977 -- Pushing Pushkin, 1977-1982 -- For freedom, 1982-1986 -- Dr. K's run, 1986-1987.