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You don't know us negroes and other essays

"One of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston was a gifted novelist, playwright, and essayist. Drawn from three decades of her work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African A...

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Main Author: Hurston, Zora Neale (Author)
Other Authors: West, Margaret Genevieve (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Amistad, 2022.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
African American authors.
Artists.
Harlem Renaissance.
Essays.
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: On the Folk.
  • Bits of Our Harlem
  • High John de Conquer
  • The Last Slave Ship
  • Characteristics of Negro Expression
  • Conversions and Visions
  • Shouting
  • Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals
  • Ritualistic Expression from the Lips of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church of God
  • Part Two: On Art and Such.
  • You don't Know Us Negroes
  • Fannie Hurst
  • Art and Such
  • Stories of Conflict
  • The Chick with One Hen
  • Jazz Regarded as Social Achievement
  • Review of Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant
  • What White Publishers Won't Print
  • Part Three: On Race and Gender.
  • The Hue and Cry About Howard University
  • The Emperor Effaces Himself
  • The Ten Commandments of Charm
  • Noses
  • How It Feels to Be Colored Me
  • Race Cannot Become Great Until It Recognizes Its Talent
  • Now Take Noses
  • Lawrence of the River
  • My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience
  • The Lost Keys of Glory
  • The South Was Had
  • Take for Instance Spessard Holland
  • Part Four: On Politics.
  • The "Pet Negro" System
  • Negroes Without Self-Pity
  • The Rise of the Begging Joints
  • Crazy for This Democracy
  • I Saw Negro Votes Peddled
  • Mourner's Bench
  • A Negro Voter Sizes Up Taft
  • Court Order Can't Make Races Mix
  • Which Way the NAACP?
  • Part Five: On the Trial of Ruby McCollum.
  • Zora's Revealing Story of Ruby's 1st Day in Court!
  • Victim of Fate!
  • Ruby Sane!
  • Ruby McCollum Fights for Life
  • Bare Plot Against Ruby
  • Trial Highlights
  • Justice and Fair Play Aim of Judge Adams as Ruby Goes on Trial
  • McCollum-Adams Trial Highlights
  • Ruby Bares Her Love Life
  • Ruby's Story: Doctor's Threats, Tussle over Gun Led to Slaying!
  • Ruby's Troubles Mount: Named in $100,000 Lawsuit!
  • The Life Story of Mrs. Ruby J. McCollum!
  • My Impressions of the Trial.

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