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Lawrence Jackson ’90

The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934–1960, by Lawrence Jackson ’90, has received the 2011 William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association as well as the Black Caucus of the American Library Association literary award in the nonfiction category. The book was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright nonfiction book prize. The Modern Language Association called the book a “magisterial narrative history of African American literature” and “beautifully written and rich in historical detail.” Jackson majored in African American Studies at Wesleyan, received his master’s degree in English from Ohio State University, and received his PhD in English and American literature from Stanford University in 1997. He is a professor of English and African American Studies at Emory University.
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934–1960, by Lawrence Jackson ’90, has received the 2011 William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association as well as the Black Caucus of the American Library Association literary award in the nonfiction category. The book was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright nonfiction book prize. The Modern Language Association called the book a “magisterial narrative history of African American literature” and “beautifully written and rich in historical detail.” Jackson majored in African American Studies at Wesleyan, received his master’s degree in English from Ohio State University, and received his PhD in English and American literature from Stanford University in 1997. He is a professor of English and African American Studies at Emory University.