The Messenger was the third most popular magazine of the Harlem Renaissance after The Crisis and Opportunity . Unlike the other two magazines, The Messenger was not tied to a civil rights organization. Labor activist A. Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen started the magazine in 1917 to advance the cause of socialism to the black masses. They believed that a socialist society was the only one that would be free from racism. The socialist ideology of The Messenger the only magazine of scientific radicalism ...
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The Messenger was the third most popular magazine of the Harlem Renaissance after The Crisis and Opportunity . Unlike the other two magazines, The Messenger was not tied to a civil rights organization. Labor activist A. Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen started the magazine in 1917 to advance the cause of socialism to the black masses. They believed that a socialist society was the only one that would be free from racism. The socialist ideology of The Messenger the only magazine of scientific radicalism in the world published by Negroes, was reflected in the pieces and authors published in its pages. The Messenger Reader contains poetry, stories, and essays from Paul Robeson, Zora Neale Hurston, Wallace Thurman, and Dorothy West. The Messenger Reader , will be a welcome addition to the critically acclaimed Modern Library Harlem Renaissance series.
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Good. Pages clean but a bit dull. binding tight. edge wear with denting. corners dented. top and bottom binding edges dented and chipped. a few random chips along spine edges.
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As New. Book Second printing. Contains selections from well-known writers such as Countee Cullen, Angelina Grimke, Zora Neale Hurston, A. Philip Randolph, Nella Larsen and Wallace Thurman, as well as lesser-known writers such as Chandler Owen, Eric Walrond, Theophilus Lewis, George Douglas Johnson and many others. Unread, as new. 416 pp,
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