George Schuyler to Christian3

Letter 13

George Schuyler Agrees to Review

Lyle Saxon's "Children of Strangers"

George S. Schuyler

320 Manhattan Avenue

New York, N.Y.

June 28, 1937

My dear Mr. Christian:

So glad that you liked the little purse. I am using your pen every day, and this note is signed with it.

Congratulations on the progress you are making in stimulating the poets of your community. There is such a wealth of literacy material in and around New Orleans that I can't see why you might not start a regular renaissance there.

Of course I shall be delighted to give Mr. Saxon's forthcoming book "Children of Strangers" a review in my column. I have his "Fabulous New Orleans" in my bookcase and I enjoyed it immensely. I recall reviewing it either for the Courier or The Messenger when it appeared. The review copy should be sent to the above address. With cordial good wishes,

I am Sincerely yours,

George S. Schuyler

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George Schuyler (1895-1977), born in Providence , Rhode island, enlisted with the United States Army in 1912 and worked his way to the rank of lieutenant.

After the First World war Schuyler moved to New York City where he worked as a laborer and later as a journalist on The Messenger in 1923. For awhile a member of the socialist Party, Schuyler contributed to a wide variety of radical journals including Opportunity, Crisis, and Nation.

Schuyler eventually became associate editor of the Pittsburgh Courier. He supplied the weekly paper with a regular column and was one of its chief editorial writers. On one assignment he took the Jim Crow tour of the Southern states. books written by Schuyler include The Negro Art Hokum (1926), Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia (1930) and Black No More (1931).

During the McCarthy era Schuyler moved sharply to the right and contributed to American Opinion, the journal of the John Birch Society. In 1947 Schuyler published The Communist Conspiracy Against the Negroes. Black and Conservative (1966), his autobiography, was published in 1966. George Schuyler died in 1977.

Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler / Robert A. Hill, ed. Ethiopian Stories. Northeastern University Press, 1996

Jeffrey B. Leak ed. Rac(E)Ing to the Right: Selected Essays of George S. Schuyler. University of Tennessee Press, 2001