The Messenger Reader
Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine
$50.40
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2000
Summary
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 racism.
The socialist ideology of The Messenger, described as …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375755392 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 037575539X |
| Author: | Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson, Paul Robeson, Zora Neale Hurston, Wallace Thurman, Dorothy West |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 2000th |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 524g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 141mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Modern Library (Paperback) |
About The Author
Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Sondra Katherine Wilson, Ph.D. is a researcher at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute. She is the executor of the James Weldon Johnson estate and the editor of several volumes of his work. She is also the editor of the Modern Library’s The Crisis Reader and The Opportunity Reader. She lives in New York City.
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