Imagining the African American West

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [First Page] [159], (1) Lines: 0 to 115 ——— 0.0pt PgV ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: Eject [159], (1) Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations African Americans: as book publishers, 14, 24–25, 39–40; definition of, 131n1; films of, xix, 13, 15, 27–32, 28–29, 68– 75, 69, 72–73, 78, 80–83, 111; journals and newspapers of, 27, 36, 44, 48, 52– 53; oral traditions of, xix, 39, 74, 128– 29; and oratory, 35, 39, 42; vernacular of, 26–27, 47, 58, 75, 91–92, 111. See also black bourgeoisie; black nationalism; black townships Angelou, Maya, 106 Asian Americans, xix, 92–93, 109 autobiography, xiv–xvi, 1–12, 14–27, 31–32, 48–53, 55, 58, 60, 63–65, 67–68, 84, 86– 87, 90 Autry, Gene, 68 Beckwourth, James P., xv–xvii, 7, 10, 1–12 Bennett, Emerson, 4, 12 the “Black Belt,” 25, 35, 35, 60 black bourgeoisie, 13, 44, 53–54, 58, 68, 87, 95–96, 98, 105, 112, 134n2 black nationalism, xvi, 34–35, 42–45, 62, 106–7, 118 black townships, xvii–xviii, 33–34, 36, 80– 81, 95, 116–30, 121, 135–36n13. See also Exodusters; homesteading; segregation blues, 47, 55, 58, 64, 94–96, 129 Bonner, Thomas D., 1–2, 9 Bontemps, Arna, 48 Brent, Linda, 84 Brown, John, xvi, 36–37, 40, 43, 60 Buffalo Soldiers, xviii, 60, 82 Butler, Octavia, xvii, 116, 126–30 Chandler, Raymond, 85–86, 88, 90–91, 93– 94, 97 Cherokee Bill, 80 Chestnutt, Charles W., 39 Chicanos, xix. See also Latinos; Mexicans Civil War, xi, 33–34, 57, 116 Cleage, Pearl, xvii–xviii, 116–18, 120–23, 125, 127–30 Cleaver, Eldridge, 102 Coleman, Wanda, 113–14 the “color line,” xii–xiii, 27, 126. See also segregation Cooper, James Fenimore, 78 cowboys, xi, xiii, 33, 52, 60–62, 67–83, 87, 95, 112, 116, 125 cross-dressing, 40–41, 52, 85 Crucial Conflict, 79 Dart, Isom, 67, 80 detective fiction, xvi, xviii, 14, 70, 84–98. See also noir dime novels, 21, 37, 40, 44, 66–68, 74, 76– 77. See also Westerns double consciousness, 15–16, 21, 25, 30, 92 Douglas, Aaron, 48 Douglass, Frederick, 84 drama, xvi, 103, 110–14, 116–18, 120–23, 125, 127–30 DuBois, W. E. B., 43, 52 Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 39 Durham, David Anthony, 76–78, 83, 116 Ellison, Ralph, xvi, 61–65 existentialism, 85–88, 90, 97 Exodusters, xiii, xviii, 33–34, 36, 60, 116–17, 160 • index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [160], (2) Lines: ——— 0.0pt ——— Normal PgEnds: [160], (2) Exodusters (cont.) 120. See also black townships; homesteading ; segregation Fisher, Rudolph, 85 Frye, Marquette, 99, 104 the Fugees, 80 fur trade, xv, 1–6, 8–9, 11–12, 33 gangsters (“gangstas”), 69–70, 74, 79–80, 82, 94–95, 112. See also rap Garden of Eden, 18–19, 51, 60, 127 Garland, Hamlin, 16 Garrard, Lewis, 8, 12 George, Lynell, 110–11, 113 Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar, xv Gordon, Taylor, xvii, 48–53, 50, 55, 58, 60, 63–65 Greer, Robert, 95–96 Griggs, Sutton E., xv–xvi, 34–37, 39, 41–45 Haitian black magic (hoodoo), 74–75 Halliday, George, 109 Hammett, Dashiell, 85, 90–91 Harlem Renaissance, xvi–xvii, 64, 143n1. See also New Negro Renaissance Harris, Moses “Black,” 3–4 Haywood, Gar Anthony, 94–96 Himes, Chester, xviii, 85–90, 92–94, 97 historical novel, xvi–xviii, 34, 36–37, 40–45, 76–78, 83, 115–30 homesteading, xiii–xiv, xvii, 14–33, 68–71, 76, 78, 116–18, 120, 126–30, 135–36n13. See also black townships; Exodusters; segregation homosexuality, 40–41, 60, 75, 112 Hopkins, Pauline, xv–xvi, 34, 36–37, 40–45, 85 Hughes, Langston, xvi–xvii, 49, 56, 56–60, 59, 64–65 Ice Cube, 79–80 Indians. See Native Americans Irving, Washington, 12 jazz, 28, 30, 47, 58, 68 Jeffries, Herb, 68–72, 74, 78, 83 Jews, xix, 91, 125 Johnson, James Weldon, 47, 49 Johnson, Sargent, 48 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 115 King, Rodney G., 99, 111–12...