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Author Washington, Mary Helen, author.

Title The other blacklist : the African American literary and cultural left of the 1950s / Mary Helen Washington.

Publication Info. New York [New York] : Columbia University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary Mary Helen Washington recovers the vital role of 1950s leftist politics in the works and lives of modern African American writers and artists. While most histories of McCarthyism focus on the devastation of the blacklist and the intersection of leftist politics and American culture, few include the activities of radical writers and artists from the Black Popular Front. Washington's work incorporates these black intellectuals back into our understanding of mid-twentieth-century African American literature and art and expands our understanding of the creative ferment energizing all of America during this period.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Lloyd L. Brown: black fire in the cold war -- Charles White: "Robeson with a brush and pencil" -- Alice Childress: black, red, and feminist -- When Gwendolyn Brooks wore red -- Frank London Brown: the end of the black cultural front and the turn toward civil rights -- 1959: Spycraft and the black literary left -- Epilogue: the example of Julian Mayfield.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- African American authors.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and literature.
United States.
History.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
Right and left (Political science) in literature.
Right and left (Political science) in literature.
Cold War in literature.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Washington, Mary Helen. Other blacklist. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] 9780231152709 (DLC) 2013031563 (OCoLC)858610476
ISBN 9780231526470 electronic book
0231526474 electronic book
9780231152709 (hardback)
0231152701 (hardback)