[By Kenton Rambsy]
1913– Author and director Oscar Micheaux publishes his first
novel, Conquest: The Story Of A Negro
Pioneer, through The Woodruff Press. The novel is published anonymously and
is based on his life as a homesteader.
novel, Conquest: The Story Of A Negro
Pioneer, through The Woodruff Press. The novel is published anonymously and
is based on his life as a homesteader.
1918– Hope’s Highway
by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming is published by Neale Publishing Company
by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming is published by Neale Publishing Company
1923– Cane by Jean
Toomer is published by Boni and Liveright.
Toomer is published by Boni and Liveright.
1926-1927– Oscar Micheaux directs and
produces The Conjure Woman (1926) and The House Behind the Cedars (1927). These
two films are inspired by two novels by Charles Chesnutt.
produces The Conjure Woman (1926) and The House Behind the Cedars (1927). These
two films are inspired by two novels by Charles Chesnutt.
1927– Knopf
Publishing company republishes The
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man with James Weldon Johnson being credited
as the author unlike the 1912 version.
Publishing company republishes The
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man with James Weldon Johnson being credited
as the author unlike the 1912 version.
1928– The Walls of
Jericho by Rudolph Fisher is published by Knopf.
Jericho by Rudolph Fisher is published by Knopf.
1928– Home to Harlem
by Claude McKay is published by Harper and Brothers.
by Claude McKay is published by Harper and Brothers.
1929– Claude McKay wins Harmon Gold Award for Literature for
his novel Home to Harlem.
his novel Home to Harlem.
1929– Passing by
Nella Larsen is published by Knopf.
Nella Larsen is published by Knopf.
1929– The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life by Wallace Thurman is
published by the Macaulay Company
published by the Macaulay Company
1930– Not Without
Laughter, the only novel written by Langston Hughes, is published by Knopf.
Laughter, the only novel written by Langston Hughes, is published by Knopf.
1930– Nella Larsen becomes the first black person to be
awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She uses the funds to travel Europe to write a
novel.
awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She uses the funds to travel Europe to write a
novel.
1931– Black No More
by George Schuyler is published by The Macauley Company
by George Schuyler is published by The Macauley Company
1932– One Way To
Heaven by Countee Cullen is published by Harpers.
Heaven by Countee Cullen is published by Harpers.
1937– Their Eyes Were
Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is published by J.B. Lippincott.
Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is published by J.B. Lippincott.