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Black magic

Black magic

by Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer

1967African Americans in the performing artsAfrican American actorsAfrican American entertainersEntertainersArtistes (Interprètes)
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A pictorial history of the Negro in American entertainment.

Themes & subjects

African Americans in the performing artsAfrican American actorsAfrican American entertainersEntertainersArtistes (Interprètes)
First published 1967

Setting

United States

About the authors

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Writer, editor, lecturer Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during the burgeoning of the arts known as the Harlem Renaissance, but those who label him "a Harlem Renaissance poet" have restricted his fame to only one genre and decade. In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist, and though he is most closely associated with Harlem, his world travels influenced his writing in a profound way. Langston Hughes followed the example of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of his early poetic influences, to become the second African American to earn a living as a writer. His long and distinguished career produced volumes …

Milton Meltzer

1915 – 2009

Authors

Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer

First published

1967

Pages

375

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Prentice-Hall

ISBN

0306804069

Where to buy

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