'Jamaican-American Harlem Renaissance poet,
Claude McKay, writes to civil rights activist,
Walter White
, who who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for almost a quarter of a century. The voiceover is provided by scholar and curator R
ich Blint, co-editor of a special issue of
African American Review on James Baldwin. Blint is currently completing his book project,
Trembling on the Edge of Confession: James Baldwin and Racial Iconicity in Modern American Culture.' --
+Schomburg Center
Published on April 09, 2016 15:48