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The Opportunity Reader

Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine

The Opportunity Reader( )
Author: Wilson, Sondra Kathryn
Series title:Modern Library Ser.
ISBN:978-0-375-75379-4
Publication Date:Jul 1999
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $68.00
Book Description:

Modern Library Harlem Renaissance In 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper Holstein, the infamous...
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Book Details
Pages:576
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Beginner
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 19.7 x 3.2 cm
Book Weight:0.673 Kilograms
Author Biography
Wilson, Sondra Kathryn (Author)
Sondra Kathryn Wilson is the literary executor of James Weldon Johnson & the editor of "The Crisis Reader," "The Opportunity Reader," & "The Messenger Reader." She lives in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

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