Description: "A foundational text in fields as diverse as religion and urban studies, Black studies and anthropology--a must read!"--Lee D. Baker, author of
Review Quotes: "Fauset's falls into the select group that includes works of Ralph Ellison, LeRoi Jones, and Albert Murray, that is, the writings of those who have best recognized the distinctiveness and power of Afro-American culture, and given it its proper place in the world."-- "John F. Szwed, Yale University"