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Progressivnaia negritianskaia literatura SShA [Progressive Negro Literature of the USA]

Title

Progressivnaia negritianskaia literatura SShA [Progressive Negro Literature of the USA]

Subject

Black Literature in the Soviet Union

Description

Outlines the history of Black literature from 18th century onward and its connections to “the fundamental stages of the national liberation struggle” of Black Americans. The book begins with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, focusing on the contrast between the freedom that independence granted White Americans while enforcing slavery for Black people.

Creator

Meri Bekker (1920-2010)

Publisher

Leningrad: Sovetskii pisatel’ [Soviet Writer]

Date

1957

Language

Russian

Type

Book

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Citation

Meri Bekker (1920-2010), “Progressivnaia negritianskaia literatura SShA [Progressive Negro Literature of the USA],” Exhibits, accessed April 7, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/27021.