Harlem : the crucible of modern African American culture / Lionel C. Bascom.

Focusing on the contributions of civic reformers and political architects who arrived in New York in the early decades of the 20th century, this book explores the wide array of sweeping social reforms and radical racial demands first conceived of and planned in Harlem that transformed Negroes into s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bascom, Lionel C. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Subjects:	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Civilization. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century. African American arts > New York (State) > New York > 20th century. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > 20th century. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography. African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century. African American arts. African Americans. African Americans > Intellectual life. African Americans > Politics and government. Civilization. Intellectual life. Politics and government. New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York > Harlem. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. 1900-1999
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	xvii, 208 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	Crucible of modern African American culture
Format:	Book

Contents:

From exodus to the rise of Harlem as a cultural center
Raisins in the sun
A history of New York activism
The arrivals
Negrophilia
Almost made king
Exit the New Negro
Mystic knights
New York frame of mind
Black Socrates
The last leaf
Legal defense
The gospel of Powell
The crisis
The messenger
Going home
March on Washington I
March on Washington II
Epilogue: fire in the crucible.