True to life: Life magazine's coverage of African Americans, 1936-40

Article Abstract:

A critique is presented on the prevalence of stereotypical images of African Americans in Life magazine in the late 1930s. Although many African Americans had made notable professional achievements during that time, becoming politicians and doctors, photographs of African Americans in Life were most often of servants, entertainers and athletes, reinforcing the prejudices of that era.

Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology), Life (Periodical)

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Charles Alston's Harlem Hospital murals: cultural politics in Depression Era Harlem

Article Abstract:

New York City officials attempted to censor murals by Charles Alston at the Harlem Hospital for "containing too much Negro subject matter." Although approved 4 years after being completed, controversy over the murals demonstrated an ideology that rejected African Americans as equal partners in their communities' institutions.

History, Works, 20th century AD, Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting, African American artists, Alston, Charles, Harlem Hospital Center (New York, New York)

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"A basic unity of experience": the Jewishness of Ralph Ellison and the 'Invisible Man'

Article Abstract:

A critique is presented on the novel 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison, focusing on the prejudices against Jews and Irish immigrants that informed the work, aside from the African American experience. Topics include Ellison's invisible man character as the Jewish schlemiel, or a comically inept figure.

African American authors, African American writers, Jews, Ellison, Ralph, American literature, African American literature, Invisible Man (Ellison, Ralph) (Novel), Jews in literature

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