Tag Archives: St. Clair Drake
Drake and Cayton’s Black Metropolis
St. Clair Drake (1911-1990) and Horace R. Cayton, Jr. (1903-1970) will forever be bound together for their collaboration on the groundbreaking Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City (1945). Drake was born in Suffolk, Virginia, graduated … Continue reading
Introduction to Black Writing from Chicago – Part 2
This is Part 2 of the introduction to my book Black Writing from Chicago. It continues to detail Chicago’s importance not only as a site producing great writers but also some of the greatest publishing ventures in black history, from the Chicago … Continue reading