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  2. Chicago Black Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Archibald Motley painting Blues (1929). The Chicago Black Renaissance (also known as the Black Chicago Renaissance) was a creative movement that blossomed out of the Chicago Black Belt on the city's South Side and spanned the 1930s and 1940s before a transformation in art and culture took place in the mid-1950s through the turn of the century.

  3. South Side Writers Group - Wikipedia

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    The South Side Writers Group was a circle of African-American writers and poets formed in the 1930s in South Side, Chicago.The informal group included Richard Wright, Arna Bontemps, Margaret Walker, Fenton Johnson, Theodore Ward, Garfield Gordon, Frank Marshall Davis, Julius Weil, Dorothy Sutton, Marian Minus, Russell Marshall, Robert Davis, Marion Perkins, Arthur Bland, Fern Gayden, and ...

  4. Margaret Walker - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance.

  5. History of African Americans in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The literary creation of Black Chicago residents from 1925 to 1950 was also prolific, and the city's Black Renaissance rivaled that of the Harlem Renaissance. Prominent writers included Richard Wright (author of Native Son ), Willard Motley , William Attaway , Frank Marshall Davis , St. Clair Drake , Horace R. Cayton, Jr. , and Margaret Walker .

  6. Associated Negro Press - Wikipedia

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    The black press during its golden years became, "the greatest single power in the Negro race." [7] During the 'Chicago Black Renaissance', the ANP was an outlet for African American writers. The ANP was a bridge between the black masses and the black intellectuals. The ANP globalized the African American Civil Rights struggle.

  7. 40 Black Writers Whose Work Changed The World - AOL

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    These Black screenwriters, poets, authors, and songwriters have left an indelible mark on readers everywhere.View Entire Post › ...

  8. Writers Guild of America strike continues as shows halt ... - AOL

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    Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) East hold signs as they walk for the second day on the picket line outside of Netflix’s New York office on May 3, 2023 in New York City.

  9. Chicago Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Renaissance may refer to: Chicago Black Renaissance , 1930–1940s creative movement from the Chicago Black Belt Chicago Renaissance, multiple periods of innovation in Chicago literature in the early 20th century