Analysis and Assessment, 1940-1979, Vol. 6

Beginning in the 1940s scholars began to place the Harlem Renaissance within the framework of African American history and literature. Much of this early work was published in Phylon and the CLA Journal, and most of it was done by black scholars. This volume includes essays by pioneers in the field of black literary studies and black history including Arthur P. Davis and August Meier, as well as the writings of major Harlem Renaissance scholars such as Nathan Huggins and Wayne Cooper.

Cary D. Wintz is Professor of History at Texas Southern University in Houston. He received his undergraduate education at Rice University and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University. He is the author of many books, articles, and book reviews, mostly in the field of African American history or immigrant/ethnic history, and he has lectured internationally on these topics as a USIA lecturer in both the Philippines and India.