Set in the Elysian isle of Martha’s Vineyard, among an insular community of proud and prosperous black families, this novel centres around the marriage of Shelby Coles, daughter of the…

Explores Dorothy West’s struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems.

Dorothy West (1907-1998) is known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. In this book, Professors Mitchell and Davis provide a carefully researched profile of West and her circle that…

Portfolios provide all the instructional material from the Teacher’s Resource Guide, plus color transparencies, all in a convenient three-ring binder. G-W Portfolios have handles and Velcro closures to make them…

In 1910, Mrs. Lydia A. Marfteet endowed this Lectureship in memory of her late husband and as an expression of the regard which she and her husband had for this…

This volume lists proceedings from the royal court of chancery relating to shipping and seafaring activities in Devon and Cornwall in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. They include a variety…

Born into WW1, Dorothy has a bleak childhood under an implacable mother and a browbeaten father. Her escape is achieved just before the disastrous advent of Hitler. Here, follow her…

A selection of writings from The Messenger, a magazine of the Harlem Renaissance which reflected socialist ideology, includes works by Paul Robeson, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson.