02705nam 2200589Ia 450 991045225660332120200520144314.01-282-48532-697866124853291-60473-149-4(CKB)1000000000484972(EBL)515551(OCoLC)567957098(SSID)ssj0000275445(PQKBManifestationID)11219839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275445(PQKBWorkID)10223099(PQKB)10019075(MiAaPQ)EBC515551(OCoLC)221696513(MdBmJHUP)muse13725(Au-PeEL)EBL515551(CaPaEBR)ebr10218395(EXLCZ)99100000000048497220060330d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWritings of Frank Marshall Davis[electronic resource] a voice of the black press /by Frank Marshall Davis ; edited with an introduction by John Edgar Tidwell1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20071 online resource (256 p.)A collection of the author's writings on race relations, music, literature, etc.1-57806-921-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; The Subversive Vision of Frank Marshall Davis: An Introduction; A Note on the Text; A HISTORY OF BLUES AND ALL THAT JAZZ; AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AT MID-CENTURY; PASSING PARADE AS POLITICAL CRITIQUE; DEMOCRACY, HAWAIIAN STYLE; Glossary; IndexFrank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) was a central figure in the black press, working as reporter and editor for the Atlanta World , the Associated Negro Press , the Chicago Star , and the Honolulu Record . Writings of Frank Marshall Davis presents a selection of Davis's nonfiction, providing an unprecedented insight into one journalist's ability to reset the terms of public conversation and frame the news to open up debate among African Americans and all Americans. During the middle of the twentieth century, Davis set forth a radical vision that challenged the status quo. His commentary on race rAmerican literature20th centuryElectronic books.American literature818/.5209Davis Frank Marshall1905-1987.864576Tidwell John Edgar864577MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452256603321Writings of Frank Marshall Davis2443098UNINA