Don't Let It Happen Again: Let's Keep Blacks in American Literature.

The study--and appreciation--of Black literature should not be allowed to decline, as it did in the period between the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s and the reemphasis of Black literature in the 1960s. In order to assure the continuing study of Black authors, the course in major American fiction writers, taught in most universities, should include Black American writers, especially those after 1900. Two of the many works by Black Americans deserving study are "Cane" by Jean Toomer, which reflects the struggle for identity of the man and the artist, and "Native Son" by Richard Wright, which provides a fictional account of the racial situation in America through the voice of the oppressed--a Black, urban youth. (JM)