Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance /

"This volume explores the contours and content of the Black Chicago Renaissance. A movement crafted in the crucible of rigid racial segregation in Chicago's "Black Belt" from the 1930s through the 1960s, its participants were also heavily influenced by--and influenced --the Harle...

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Other Authors: Tracy, Steven C. (Steven Carl), 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
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