Langston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender*

Christopher C. De Santis is a professor of African American Literature and Chair of the Department of English at Illinois State University. He is the editor of Langston Hughes: A Documentary Volume and volumes 9 and 10 of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes.

"The most persistent criticism of Langston Hughes has been that he was not a thinker, that he had no ideas to speak of, was not an intellectual, and therefore need not be taken too seriously by intellectuals and scholars. A collection of this kind is needed to do justice to the often inspired quality of Hughes's weekly journalistic writing and to expand our sense of his interests and ideas. De Santis's is the first book to bring this material within easy reach."--Arnold Rampersad, author of the two-volume The Life of Langston Hughes

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsEditorial MethodIntroductionPart 1: The See-Saw of RaceNo Half-FreedomsKey Chains with No KeysGet Together, MinoritiesThe See-Saw of RaceSorry SpringU.S. Likes Nazis and Franco Better Than Its Own NegroesA Sentimental Journey to Cairo, IllinoisThe Dilemma of the Negro Teacher Facing DesegregationHow to Integrate without Danger of IntermarriageA Brickbat for Education-A Kiss for the Bedroom in DixieThe Man of the Year for 1958Sit Tight-and Don't SquirmPart 2: Jim Crow's EpitaphAre You Spanish?Doc, Wait! I Can't Sublimate!Theaters, Clubs, and NegroesAdventures in DiningEncounter at the CounterFreightWith the Crumbling of the Old Chain, Jim Crow Crumbles, TooMacArthur Lives in the Waldorf-Astoria; Gilbert Lives in JailFrom Rampart Street to Harlem I Follow the Trial of the BluesIn Racial Matters in St. Louis "De Sun Do Move"Old Customs Die HardJim Crow's EpitaphPart 3: Fair Play in DixieLetter to the SouthHold Tight! They're Crazy-White!Nazi and Dixie NordicsFair Play in DixieDear Old SouthlandThe Death of BilboThe Sunny SouthFar from Living Up to Its Name, Dixie Has Neither Manners nor ShameThe Quaint, Queer, Funny Old South Has Its WaysConcerning a Great Mississippi Writer and the Southern NegroThe Same Old Fight All Over Again in DixiePart 4: Nerve of Some White FolksJokes on Our White FolksLetter to White ShopkeepersSuggestions to White ShopkeepersThe Snake in the HouseNerve of Some White FolksOur White Folks: Shame!Our White Folks: So?Our White Folks: Boo!Those Little ThingsHarlem's Bitter LaughterThe Folk Lore of Race RelationsPart 5: Brazenness of EmpireAmerica after the WarThe World after the WarThe Detroit BluesPhotographs from TeheranColored Lived There OnceInvasion!!!!Over-Ripe AppleThe Animals Must WonderThe Fall of BerlinPart 6: Segregation-FatigueHe'd Leave Him DyingAsk for EverythingIf Dixie Invades EuropeGall and GloryHey, Doc! I Got Jim Crow Shock!Fifty Young NegroesThe Purple HeartWar and a Sorry FearV-J Night in HarlemNorth, South, and the ArmyPart 7: Are You a Communist?The Red ArmyArmy of LiberationThe Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union and JewsThe Soviet Union and ColorThe Soviet Union and WomenThe Soviet Union and HealthFaults of the Soviet UnionLight and the Soviet UnionAre You a Communist?A Thorn in the SideA Portent and a Warning to the Negro People from HughesOld Ghost Appears before the Un-American Committee and Refuses to Remove His HatThe Accusers' Names Nobody Will Remember, but History Records Du BoisWhy Ill Winds and Dark Clouds Don't Scare Negroes MuchPart 8: Beating Out the BluesChild of CharmMusic at Year's EndThe Duke Plays for RussiaOn Leaping and ShoutingArt and IntegrityArt and the HeartWords to Remember: Stein'sReturn of the Native—Musically Speaking—the Drums Come to HarlemThe Influence of Negro Music on American EntertainmentHow a Poem Was Born in a Jim Crow Car Rattlingfrom Los Angeles to New OrleansSlavery and Leadbelly Are Gone, but the Old Songs Go Singing OnJazz: Its Yesterday, Today and Its Potential Tomorrow"House Rent Parties" Are Again Returning to HarlemThat Sad, Happy Music Called JazzPart 9: Here to YonderWhy and WhereforeDon't Be a Food SissyOn Missing a TrainSaturday NightRandom Thoughts on Nice PeopleOn Human LonelinessMy DayMy NightsNew York and UsFrom the International House, Bronzeville Seems Far Far AwayNotesBibliographyIndexBack cover