Month: July 2013

I am still having so much fun researching Harold’s life that it is hard to get back to revising.  This week I became intrigued by his position on the Citizens’ Sponsoring Committee. This committee was in charge of the Harlem Community Art Center. I am still reading various works (Calo, Dolinar, Gwendolyn Bennett’s letters and diaries) to find out why Augusta Savage was fired and replaced by  Gwendolyn.  Now Miss Bennett is an interesting person too.  See the interview that she gave to the Chicago Defender Jan 5, 1945.

Here is a link to a talk that I gave on how the Negro Press helped to shape the image of the New Negro. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJlDw_H32ZM

Having spent so many years thinking and writing about Harold Jackman, I can only hope that all of my work will not be in vain.