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Author Gilyard, Keith, 1952-

Title John Oliver Killens [electronic resource] : a life of Black literary activism / Keith Gilyard.

Imprint Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

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Description xii, 418 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A white man's republic, 1915-1928 -- Avoiding the river, 1928-1936 -- Mr. Killens, 1936-1942 -- Chasing the double victory, 1942-1945 -- None as radical as Mickey Mouse, 1945-1948 -- The efficacy of struggle, 1948-1949 -- A colored man who happened to write, 1949-1951 -- The poetry, energy, and convictions, 1951-1954 -- Mr. Youngblood, 1954-1955 -- Stalking the truth, 1955-1957 -- Rights and rites, 1958-1959 -- Journey to genesis, 1959-1961 -- Thundering genius, 1961-1963 -- It doesn't hurt to review, 1963-1964 -- Statesmanlike work, 1964 -- In residence, 1965-1966 -- Explaining dissent, 1966-1967 -- New Black, 1967-1968 -- We must construct a monument, 1968-1969 -- Champeenship of blackness, 1970-1971 -- Long-distance running, 1971-1974 -- I always said class and race, 1974-1977 -- Pushing Pushkin, 1977-1982 -- For freedom, 1982-1986 -- Dr. K's run, 1986-1987.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987.
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 -- Political activity.
African American authors -- Biography.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780820335131 (alk. paper)
0820335134 (alk. paper)
9780820341958 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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