The short stories of Black Renaissance writer Frank London Brown offer a fascinating look at Chicagoans of all kinds. frombeyondpress | ✍️ reemasabrina
collects the forgotten writing of a Chicago Renaissance writer at his height, showcasing vivid vignettes of Black life in the city 60 years ago. Published this June by From Beyond Press,in 1959 and 1960.
Brown’s writing is never free of social or political commentary, much like the kind that characterized his journalism and political activism. A white mob chases two brothers with bricks and bats. Two young men debate why “the poor” can’t help themselves without noticing people begging for money along Madison Avenue. A police officer on trial for robbery walks out of court a free man after pleading that poverty pushed him to desperation.
When contacted by From Beyond Press, Brown’s eldest daughter Debra E. Brown-Thompson was surprised at this discovery. “When these short, short stories were discovered, it was like finding a deep treasure more precious than gold because I was so young when he wrote them. I never knew they existed.
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