商品簡介
Randall's Broadside Press was devoted to the work of hundreds of African-American poets and authors. Trained as a librarian and committed to the advancement of both black literature and black freedom, Randall became a major player in the civil rights movement in spite of his press's minimal budget. Thompson (black studies and history, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers a comprehensive biography that takes note of the famous and relatively unknown writers who sought out Broadside, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Clarence Major, Audre Lorde, and Marvin Portman. The volume--the paper reprint of a library-bound edition originally published in 1999--is peppered with b&w photos, though they are of unfortunately low quality. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
The Julius E. Thompson was the director of the Black Studies Program and a professor of history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. The author of Lynching in Mississippi: A History, 1865–1965 (1999), he lived in Columbia, Missouri.