Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction, 1851-1955: Jim Crow Era Authors and Their Characters

by Bernard A. Drew

Even well-meaning fiction writers of the late Jim Crow era (1900-1955) perpetuated racial stereotypes in their depiction of black characters. From 1918 to 1952, Octavus Roy Cohen turned out a remarkable 360 short stories featuring Florian Slappey and the schemers, romancers and ditzes of Birmingham's Darktown for The Saturday Evening Post and other publications. Cohen said, "I received a great deal of mail from Negroes and I have never...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786474106
• ISBN13: 9780786474103
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher