Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xvii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1. LLOYD L. BROWN: Black Fire in the Cold War 33
8. 2. CHARLES WHITE: “Robeson with a Brush and Pencil” 69
9. 3. ALICE CHILDRESS: Black, Red, and Feminist 123
10. 4. WHEN GWENDOLYN BROOKS WORE RED 165
11. 5. FRANK LONDON BROWN: The End of the Black Cultural Front and the Turn Toward Civil Rights 205
12. 6. 1959 Spycraft and the Black Literary Left 239
13. EPILOGUE: The Example of Julian Mayfield 267
14. Notes 275
15. Works Cited 313
16. Index 329