Who Was Langston Hughes? by Eric J. Sundquist At the height of his feme, Langston Hughes (1902-67) was esteemed as “Shakespeare in Harlem,” a sobriquet he borrowed for…
The Future of the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cornel West by Eric J. Sundquist “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.”
“Witness” Recalled by Eric J. Sundquist When it first appeared in 1952, Whittaker Chambers's monumental spiritual autobiography Witness was hailed as a masterpiece of political writing…
W.E.B. Du Bois: Up to Slavery by Eric J. Sundquist A new volume of W.E.B. Du Bois's writings affords a fresh opportunity to reassess Du Bois's evolution from scholar to…
