Occupation: Author Birth: October 13, 1906 Death: March 2, 1988
From adolescence to death there is something very personal about being a Negro in America..
The writer's ultimate purpose is to use his gifts to develop man's awareness of himself so that he, man, can become a better instrument for living to….
The final test of Afro-American studies will be the extent to which they rid the minds of whites and blacks alike of false learning, and the extent t….
I would not know the thing I sought until I found it. It was both something within and something without myself. Within, it was like the buried memor….
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others..