Black Manhattan

by James Weldon Johnson

Book Overview

In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance, combined the skills of the historian, social scientist, and the reporter to trace the New York black experience from the earliest settlements on Chatham Square during the pre-revolutionary period to the triumphant achievements of Harlem in the 1920s. But Black Manhattan is by no means simply history; It illuminates Johnson and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030680431X
• ISBN13: 9780306804311
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"