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African American Humor, Irony, and Satire: Ishmael Reed, Satirically Speaking includes select proceedings from the annual Heart's Day Conference, sponsored by the Department of English at Howard University. Among the collection's many strengths is the range of essays included here. Essays on Ishmael Reed center the collection, and satirists from George Schuyler to Aaron McGruder are examined as are popular culture comedians Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle. Thus, the collection adds broadly...

African American wit and humor --- Satire, American --- History and criticism --- Reed, Ishmael, --- Schuyler, George S. --- Motley, Archibald John, --- Criticism and interpretation

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This book is the first to focus a bright light on the life and early career of George S. Schuyler, one of the most important intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. A popular journalist in black America, Schuyler wielded a sharp, double-edged wit to attack the foibles of both blacks and whites throughout the 1920s. Jeffrey B. Ferguson presents a new understanding of Schuyler as public intellectual while also offering insights into the relations between race and satire during a formative period of African-American cultural history.Ferguson discusses Schuyler's controversial career and reputation and examines the paradoxical ideas at the center of his message. The author also addresses Schuyler's drift toward the political right in his later years and how this has affected his legacy.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) --- Intellectual life --- 20th century --- African Americans --- Novelists [American ] --- Biography --- Journalists --- United States --- African American journalists --- African American novelists --- Novelists, American --- Conservatives --- African American conservatives --- Harlem Renaissance. --- Schuyler, George S. --- Persons --- New Negro Movement --- Renaissance, Harlem --- African American arts --- American literature --- Conservative African Americans --- African American authors --- Schuyler, George Samuel,