Spectres of 1919: Class and Nation in the Making of the New Negro

by Barbara Foley

Book Overview

A look at the violent "Red Summer of 1919" and its intersection with the highly politicized New Negro movement and the Harlem Renaissance

With the New Negro movement and the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s was a landmark decade in African American political and cultural history, characterized by an upsurge in racial awareness and artistic creativity. In Spectres of 1919 Barbara Foley traces the origins of this revolutionary era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252075854
• ISBN13: 9780252075858
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"