Background
Hernton, Calvin Coolidge was born on April 28, 1932 in Chattanooga. Son of Magnolia Jackson.
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A bold exploration of the controversial role that black women writers have played in the making of African-American literature by the bestselling author of Sex and Racism in America. "Confirms that black women authors are celebrating a literary Fourth of July in America."--Plain Dealer. (Anchor)
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Poetry. African American Studies. The new work by well-known writer and scholar, Calvin Hernton, is published in a handsome, saddle-stapled edition with a glossy cover. Calvin Hernton is a poet, writer, social scientist and Professor of African American Studies at Oberlin College. Among his nine books are Sex and Racism in America (in print for over 30 years) and the poetry collection Medicine Man.
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As remarkably and chillingly pertinent today as when it was first published in 1965, this now classic study dissects the intersecting myths of sex and race as they are played out in America. No one concerned with issues of race relations in the United States can overlook the conclusions of this book.
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artist writer African American studies educator
Hernton, Calvin Coolidge was born on April 28, 1932 in Chattanooga. Son of Magnolia Jackson.
Bachelor in Sociology, Talladega College, 1954. Master of Arts in Sociology, Fisk University, 1956. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1962.
Instructor social science Bennedict College, Columbus, South Carolina, 1957-1958, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, 1958-1959, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, Montgomery, 1959-1960, Southern University, Baton Rouge, 1960-1961. Writer-in-residence Center State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, fall 1970, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1970-1972, professor African American studies and creative writing, from 1972. Literature consultant National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994-1998.
Technical consultant television series Man Called Hawk, Station WBTV, Burbank, California, 1987-1988. Member advisory board Tennessee Writers Alliance, Nashville, since 1991, Sisters in Support of Southern Africa, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, since 1997.
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(Poetry. African American Studies. The new work by well-kn...)
Member Writers Guild of America East, Authors League of America.
Married Mildred Webster, June 5, 1958 (deceased July 1982). 1 child, Antone; married Mary O'Callaghan Garvey, November 24, 1998.