“A major study…one that thorougly interweaves the philosophies and fads, the people and movements that combined to give a small segment of Afro America a brief place in the sun.”—The New York Times Book Review.
About David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis, the author of
God’s Crucible, is professor emeritus of history at
New York University. A recipient of the National
Humanities Medal, Lewis received the Pulitzer Prize
for each volume of his W.E.B. Du Bois biography.
He lives in New York City.
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Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments Preface to the Penguin Edition Preface
1. We Return Fighting 2. City of Refuge 3. Stars 4. Enter the New Negro 5. The Six 6. Nigger Heaven 7. A Jam of a Party 8. The Fall of the Manor 9. It’s Dead Now
