In Survey Graphic, non-fiction essays about Harlem and the black experience are placed side-by-side with imaginative and fictive work like the journal’s many poems and illustrations. Both kinds of work seem to be given equal importance on the page, serving the common goal of enlightening the reader on “modern” black life in Harlem. Though creative… Continue reading The importance of imagination in Survey Graphic
The January 1920 cover of The Crisis, featuring a a photograph of a black woman in a head wrap smiling, clearly stands out among the magazine’s cover images. Though many of the magazine’s covers feature women, only a small number of them are photographs rather than illustrations, and an even smaller number feature the woman… Continue reading Blog Post #1: Woman of Santa Lucia and The Young Graduate
The January 1920 cover of The Crisis, featuring a a photograph of a black woman in a head wrap smiling, clearly stands out among the magazine’s cover images. Though many of the magazine’s covers feature women, only a small number of them are photographs rather than illustrations, and an even smaller number feature the woman… Continue reading Woman of Santa Lucia