The American Negro Writer and His Roots: Selected Papers from the First Conference of Negro Writers, March, 1959
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- Making a Way Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Published by
- American Society of African Culture, American, 1956 - 1969
- Edited by
- Davis, John Aubrey Sr., American, 1912 - 2002
- Written by
- Redding, Jay Saunders, American, 1906 - 1988
- Allen, Samuel, American, 1917 - 2015
- Clarke, John Henrik, American, 1915 - 1998
- Mayfield, Julian Hudson, American, 1928 - 1984
- Davis, Arthur P., American, 1904 - 1996
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Branch, William Blackwell, American, 1927 - 2019
- Bontemps, Arnaud Wendell, American, 1902 - 1973
- Mitchell, Loften, American, 1919 - 2001
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Killens, John Oliver, American, 1916 - 1987
- Subject of
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Owned by
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A 72-page pamphlet entitled The American Negro Writer and His Roots. The cover is brown with black print and the lower left quadrant includes a yellow horizontal line motif. The title [THE AMERICAN / NEGRO WRITER / AND HIS ROOTS] is written in large text in the lower left corner. Below this, small italic left-justified text reads [Selected Papers from / the First Conference of Negro Writers / March, 1959]. The lower edge has centered black text reads [American Society of African Culture]. The pamphlet contains eleven essays by Saunders Redding, Samuel W. Allen, John Henrik Clarke, Julian Mayfield, Arthur Davis, Langston Hughes, William Branch, Arna Bontemps, Loften Mitchell, Sarah E. Wright, and John Oliver Killens. These essays are divided into five sections and it features photographs of selected authors.
- The pamphlet has no signatures or inscriptions.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Activism
- African diaspora
- Associations and institutions
- Identity
- Literature
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- Societies
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
- Object number
- 2010.61.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Copyright 1960 by American Society of African Culture
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




