The Novels of the Harlem Renaissance: Twelve Black Writers, 1923–1933

Contents 1. "WHEN THE NEGRO WAS IN VOGUE" 1 The Harlem Renaissance and Black America in the Twenties 2. RACE AND SEX 41 Approaches to Self-Definition 3. THE DICTIES AND THE SHINES 71 Class in Black America 4. "FOOLING OUR WHITE FOLKS" 89 Color Caste in American Life 5. THE BURDEN OF BLACKNESS 105 Color in Afro-America and Beyond Epilogue 129 A Review of Previous Research and Criticism 135 Notes 139 Bibliography 153 Index 165