FromthemanknownasthefatheroftheHarlemRenaissancecomesapowerful,provocative,andaffectinganthologyofwriterswhoshapedtheHarlemRenaissancemovementandwhohelpustoconsidertheevolutionoftheAfricanAmericaninsociety.WithstunningworksbyseminalblackvoicessuchasZoraNealeHurston,CounteeCullen,andW.E.B.DuBois,Lockehasconstructedavividlookatthenewnegro,thechangingAfricanAmericanfindinghisplaceintheevershiftingsocioculturallandscapethatwas1920sAmerica.Withpoetry,prose,andnonfictionessays,thiscollectioniswidelypraisedforitsliterarystrengthaswellasitshistoricalcoverageofamonumentalandfascinatingtimeinthehistoryofAmerica.
