Politics and Aesthetics of New Negro Literature

Cary D. Wintz is Professor of History at Texas Southern University in Houston. He received his undergraduate education at Rice University and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University. He is the author of many books, articles, and book reviews, mostly in the field of African American history or immigrant/ethnic history, and he has lectured internationally on these topics as a USIA lecturer in both the Philippines and India.

• Volume Introduction; Ebony and Topaz: A Collectanea; Defining the Harlem Renaissance and Black Literature; Art, Theater, and Music; Setting the Political Agenda for the Harlem Renaissance; The Politics of Publishing—Letters and Memos; The Politics of the New Negro, Acknowledgements.