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This book is an amazing, interesting, detailed look at black people, mainly American, but also some European, from the 1700s to the 1900s in art, literature, painting, sculpture and theatre. The author also gives an interesting analysis of the work of these people, participating in areas not considered as suitable for black people and how black people are represented and perceived too in the arts. The author writes passionately, but also authoritatively.

This groundbreaking work of literary criticism explores the representation of black people in American literature and art throughout history. Brawley argues that these representations have often been stereotypical and limiting, but he also highlights examples of powerful and meaningful representation by black artists. A vital read for those interested in African American literature, art, and history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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"[...] Along some such lines as those just indicated it will be the aim of the following pages to study the achievement of the Negro in the United States of America. First we shall consider in order five representative writers who have been most constantly guided by standards of literary excellence. We shall then pass on to others whose literary work has been noteworthy, and to those who have risen above the crowd in oratory, painting, sculpture, or music. We shall constantly have to remember that those here remarked are only a few of the many[...]".