Charles Johnson (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Charles Richard Johnson has played a leading role in expanding the boundaries of African American literature. Johnson has observed that before the 1970’s black fiction was characterized by an “overwhelming technical and thematic one-dimensionality.” In exploring new directions, Johnson has shown that although it is important to identify and work within the tradition of black American literature, writers must not be constrained by preconceptions that limit art to social realism.
Johnson began to draw at an early age. His father disapproved of a career in commercial art, but...
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