PREFACE1. INTRODUCTION: NEW VIEWS ON OLD PREJUDICESAfrica and African ArtVachel LindsayCarl SandburgRidgley TorrenceEugene O'NeillGertrude SteinJulia PeterkinNigger Heaven and the Innocence of the New Negro Literature2. SYMPTOMS OF A PHENOMENONCharles Waddell ChesnuttJames Edwin CampbellPaul Laurence DunbarDaniel Webster Davis and Other Minor Dialect PoetsJames Weldon JohnsonW. E. Burghardt Du BoisClaude McKayJessie Redmon Fauset3. BLACK JOURNALS AND THE PROMOTION OF THE NEW NEGRO LITERATUREOpportunityThe CrisisThe MessengerFireConclusion4. AFFIRMATION OF BLACK SELF: BLACK CRACKS BETWEEN WHITE BOARDSJean ToomerCountée Cullen5. AFFIRMATION OF BLACK SELF: THE TOM-TOM CRIES AND THE TOM-TOM LAUGHSLangston HughesEric WalrondRudolph FisherZora Neale HurstonEPILOGUESELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
