Join us in welcoming Dr. Lawrence Jackson as he presents information from his important book, The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African-American Writers and Critics, 1934–1960, which is the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period
of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the
Civil Rights Era. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw
the communal rise of Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison,
Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, and many other influential black
writers. While these individuals have been duly celebrated, little
attention has been paid to the political and artistic milieu in which
they produced their greatest works. With this commanding study,
Lawrence Jackson recalls the lost history of a crucial era. You won't want to miss this special evening with Jackson, who Cornel West calls "a first-rate historian."
