John Oliver Killens A Life of Black Literary Activism |
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| Author:
| Gilyard, Keith |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3513-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $114.95 |
Book Description:
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Killens is recognized as the spiritual father of the Black Arts Movement. In this first major biography of Killens, Keith Gilyard examines the life and career of the man who was perhaps the premier African American writer-activist from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Killens is recognized as the spiritual father of the Black Arts Movement. In this first major biography of Killens, Keith Gilyard examines the life and career of the man who was perhaps the premier African American writer-activist from the 1950s to the 1980s.