Pauline E. Hopkins (1859-1930) came to prominence in the early years of the twentieth century as an outspoken writer, editor, and critic. Frequently recognized for her first novel, Contending Forces, she is currently one of the most widely read and...
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Pauline E. Hopkins (1859-1930) came to prominence in the early years of the twentieth century as an outspoken writer, editor, and critic. Frequently recognized for her first novel, Contending Forces, she is currently one of the most widely read and studied African American novelists from that period. While nearly all of Hopkins's fiction remains in print, there is very little of her nonfiction available. This reader brings together dozens of her hard-to-find essays, including longer nonfiction works such as Famous Men of the Negro Race and The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century, some of which
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; A Note on the Text; Part I: Juvenilia; Part II: Famous Men of the Negro Race; Part III: Famous Women of the Negro Race [No Installment XI was ever published.]; Part IV: Furnace Blasts, by J. Shirley Shadrach; Part V: The Colored American Magazine Controversy; Part VI: Selected Biographies from the Colored American Magazine; Part VII: The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century [No Installment V was ever published.]; Part VIII: Black Classics Series; Part XI: Published Orations; Part X: Men of Vision; Selected Bibliography; Index
