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April, 1933 edition of 'Opportunity' with actress Fredi Washington on the cover. [University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature]
The monthly magazine Opportunity gave just that—a chance to make their voices heard—to the talented black writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
Created in 1923 by the National Urban League (a group devoted to empowering African Americans economically and socially), Opportunity was edited by scholar Charles S. Johnson. In Johnson's deft hands, Opportunity became a tool for combating racism. During an era when African Americans routinely struggled to land decent jobs, Johnson strove to introduce white audiences to the work of gifted black writers and artists. Expanded social roles and employment opportunities for African Americans, he reasoned, would follow.
Another purpose of Opportunity was to promote the programs and policies of the Urban League. In addition to a report of pertinent news, the magazine’s regular departments included “Social Progress,
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Charles S. Johnson, distinguished sociologist and African American leader, was born in 1893 in Bristol, Virginia. He was educated at Wayland Academy in Richmond, Virginia Union University, and the University of Chicago, where he undertook graduate work with the distinguished scholar Robert E. Park. Johnson worked with Park on The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot (1922).
In 1921 Johnson moved to New York to head the Urban League. He established its journal Opportunity, and through its pages Johnson became one of the leading patrons of the Harlem Renaissance. He influenced the careers of such artists and writers as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas, and Arnaud Bontemps.
In 1928 Johnson arrived at Fisk University to be chair of the Department of Social Sciences, which had been founded and funded by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. With additional funds at his disposal from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, Johnson made Fisk a significant research center in race relations. Johnson and his colleagues produced several important reports docum
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Charles S. Johnson
Biography of Charles S. Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson, one of the leading 20th Century black sociologists, and principal of the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia on July 24, 1893. He earned a B.A. from Virginia Union University in Richmond and Ph.D from The University of Chicago in 1917.
While a research investigator at the Chicago Urban League, Johnson wrote sections of their report, The Negro in Chicago, 2021. He also served as Director of Research and Publicity for the National Urban League and the Editor of “Opportunity; a Journal of Negro Life.”
Johnson, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, died on October 27, 1956
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