A summarization and critique of James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man." (SB)

Discusses William Styron's novel "The Confessions of Nat Turner." Comments on the principal charges made against William Styron by the contributors to "William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond." (Author/AM)

Books favored in this survey are those recovering an image insufficiently explored in the past, intensifying an image for greater understanding, and those taking off in some pioneering direction. (DM)

Briefly reviews 17 books on Black films and discusses Black filmmakers, writers, actors, and audiences. (MK)

The cultural histories of Blacks in the United States and in Southern Africa are parallel in the following ways: (1) the roles of Blacks in the labor force and in politics; (2) the careers of leaders like King, Mandela, and Tutu; (3) organized struggle for rights; and (4) the rise of a Black consciousness. (VM)

DuBois' scholarly efforts from 1894 to 1915 provided social science with its first acceptable and comprehensive analysis of Afro-American culture. DuBois should be viewed not only as the foremost pioneer of Black Studies but also as one of the founders of American social sciences. (CMG)

Analyzes data from "Who's Who Among Black Americans" of 1978 to identify changes in the characteristics of the black elite since the 1930s (as reported in an earlier study). Examines proportion of women among the elite; place of birth; migration and regions of residence; education; occupations; political orientation; and involvement in…

This three hundred and twenty-five page text contains one hundred brief stories intended to introduce young blacks to aspects of their culture and history. (Author)

An examination of the image of the Black woman as faithful servant and mammy from the perspective of both myth and reality, as depicted in the work of Faulkner. (EH)

Considers the relationship between the three writers' fiction and their temperaments, the role they play as artists in the black freedom movement, and the qualities that established them as three of black fiction's most important writers. (Author/AM)

Features discographical details and transcriptions of the recordings of Griggs, who struck an early, semi-militant stance in literature as a political novelist, adversary of Thomas Dixon, and champion of black fictional heroes. (LHW)

Examines the historical development of the Black protest movement in the United States and analyzes how the Black press responded to developments and changes in the movement, from the founding of the first Black newspaper in 1827 until the end of World War II. (Author/MJL)

The black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, born June 27, 1872 and died February 9, 1906, was an unrivalled forerunner of the great literary generation of his race that burst forth after the first World War and founded the Black Renaissance; the concept of La Negritude'' developed principally among poets of African descent before World War 2. (Author/JM)