"Girl, Colored" and Other Stories - by Judith Musser (Paperback)

About the Book

"As the official magazine of the NAACP, The Crisis is one of the longest running African American journals in the history of American publishing. This anthology collects all of the short stories published in The Crisis by African American women during the magazine's first century, offering historical, literary, and cultural perspectives on the lives of African American women"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

As the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP, ) The Crisis is one of the longest running African American journals in the history of American publishing. Throughout its century-long publication, The Crisis has made immeasurable contributions to the careers of several female African American writers, including Anita Scott Coleman, Mary Church Terrell, and Jessie Fauset. This anthology collects all of the short stories published in The Crisis by African American women during the magazine's first century of publication, offering an historical, literary, and cultural perspective on the lives of African American women from the Harlem Renaissance to the present.

About the Author

Judith Musser is a professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has written previously on women writers of the Harlem Renaissance.