- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John Oliver Killens (1916-1987)
- Creator:
- DesJardines, David E.
- Date of Original:
- 2004-11-24
- Subject:
- African American authors--New York (State)--New York
African American novelists--New York (State)--New York
African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York
Harlem Writers Guild Inc. - People:
- Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about John Oliver Killens, an African American writer and native of Macon, Georgia. Killens drew on his own encounters with racism to compose such works as Youngblood, a classic of social protest fiction. The founding chairman of the celebrated Harlem Writers Guild, Killens became a spiritual father of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Like the writer Richard Wright, whom he greatly admired, Killens inspired a subsequent generation of African Americans through writings charged with strong social and political messages.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-oliver-killens-1916-1987/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "John Oliver Killens (1916-1987)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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