In the early twentieth century, two panics emerged in the United States. The Black Scare was
rooted in white Americans' fear of Black Nationalism and dread at what social, economic …

Modernism à la Mode argues that fashion describes why and how literary modernism
matters in its own historical moment and ours. Bringing together texts, textiles, and theories …

112 Part II: Models as has Harlem. 2 Home to Marcus Garvey, WEB Du Bois, Grace
Campbell, Cyril Briggs, Amy Jacques Garvey, Richard B. Moore, Langston Hughes, Zora …

Drawing on George Bornstein's idea of a “textual aura”, this essay proposes a distinct
instantiation of this effect arising from the particular circumstances of periodical publication …

The Roots of Cane proposes a new way to read one of the most significant works of the New
Negro Renaissance, Jean Toomer's Cane. Rather than focusing on the form of the book …

Chicanxs Unidxs de Orange County (CU) is a community organisation in Southern
California. Founded in 2006, CU is small, multigenerational and multi-ethnic. Its organising …

Racial uplift emerged in the aftermath of Reconstruction as a powerful philosophy of social
advancement for African Americans subject to the absolute subordination and …

This article offers an original reading of the relationship between Zora Neale Hurston's
novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) and the criticism it received by Black …

JL* he transnational turn in American studies has provided new perspectives on ethnic and
minority literatures, including the Harlem Renaissance and its representative anthology …

This study examines the desegregation of Harlem Hospital between 1919 and 1935.
Beginning with the appointment of Louis T. Wright, it chronicles the efforts of Harlem's civic …