Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-355) and index.
Contents
Background and beginnings -- Performances and Peculiar Sam -- The Colored American magazine -- The use of pseudonyms -- Booker T. Washington and famous men -- The Black woman's era -- The voices of the dark races -- The values of race literature -- Contending forces of the slave past -- Hagar's beautiful daughters -- Winona, manhood, and heroism -- Of one blood and the future African American -- Folk characters and dialect writing -- Short stories in the Colored American magazine -- On the platform with prominent speakers -- The New era magazine -- The late years.
