It is widely accepted that the canon of African American Literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse.
However, some of our most celebrated African American authors--from Zora Neale Hurston and Richar.
As a result, writings that are not preoccupied with race have long been invisible--unpublished, out of print, absent from libraries, rarely discussed among scholars, and omitted from anthologies.
It is widely accepted that the canon of African American Literature has racial realism at its core: African American protagonists, social settings, cultural symbols, and racial-political discourse