Introduction -- Chicago and the politics of reputation: Richard Wright's long black shadow -- Turning white space into black space: The Chicago defender and the creation of the cultural front -- Artists in uniform: the south side community art center and the defense of culture -- Workers-writers in Bronzeville: negro story and the African-American "little" magazine -- Genre politics/cultural politics: the short story and the new black fiction market -- Engendering the cultural front: Gwendolyn Brooks, black women, and class struggle in poetry -- American daughters, fifth columns, and lonely crusades: purge, emigration, and exile in Chicago -- Postscript: Bronzeville today.
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