Summary
"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 Americ... Full description
- 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.