The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine

by Zora Neale Hurston and Paul Robeson

Book Overview

The Messenger was the third most popular magazine of the Harlem Renaissance after The Crisis and Opportunity. Unlike the other two magazines, The Messenger was not tied to a civil rights organization. Labor activist A. Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen started the magazine in 1917 to advance the cause of socialism to the black masses. They believed that a socialist society was the only one that would be free from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037575539X
• ISBN13: 9780375755392
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.4"