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| | Literature and Life: The Givens Collection |
 | | And of course, in relationship to Southern Plantation tradition writers, whose works were, crucial in developing the mythology of slavery as a grand, benevolent regime of beneficent White masters who forded genially over docile and contented slaves, in ivory-pillared mansions with magnolia blossoms and all of the accouterments of Walter Scott historical novels, on display. |
 | | And it would become a tremendous magnet for young Black writers, writers from the Midwest, like Langston Hughes, for instance; writers from the South and the West would be drawn to New York to seek their fortunes and to, to try to, express themselves, whatever artistic medium was their chosen form. |
 | | I thought the photograph had been destroyed, because of a strike or something, it was a government agency, FSA, it was an indictment for the agency. |
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