Saturday Evening Quill

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== Purpose == == Purpose == The ''Saturday Evening Quill'' published stories, poems, essays, illustrations, and plays.<ref name=":3" /> It provided young African American authors living in Boston a safe and supportive space to reveal their experiences and opinions of the hardships that come with being African American in America. It had a huge influence on bringing attention to African American features, especially those outside of [[Harlem]]. The newspaper's first annual, posted in 1928, was monumental for African Americans living in Boston. The paper was the only African American newspaper within Boston to publish annuals since its preceptor, ''New Era Magazine, stopped publishing in'' 1916.<ref name=":1" /> This made it the only way African Americans in Boston could share their words with the public. The newspaper's influence was at its highest point when it overlapped with other African American literary works in Boston. For example, the combination of the newspaper and Boston's little theatre movement. Like stated earlier, many of the authors posts expressed their different experiences living in America and being African American during the Harlem Renaissance. For example, Ridley's essay focused on her African American families's proud feelings of identifying themselves as Bostonians given they have lived freely in Boston for over three generations. Additionally, McBrowns poem seems to be written to show how African Americans still shine (like fireflies), even when they face hard times throughout the Harlem Renaissance time period. The ''Saturday Evening Quill'' published stories, poems, essays, illustrations, and plays.<ref name=":3" /> It provided young African American authors living in Boston a safe and supportive space to reveal their experiences and opinions of the hardships that come with being African American in America. It had a huge influence on bringing attention to African American features, especially those outside of [[Harlem]]. <ref name=":1" />The newspaper's first annual, posted in 1928, was monumental for African Americans living in Boston. The paper was the only African American newspaper within Boston to publish annuals since its preceptor, ''New Era Magazine, stopped publishing in'' 1916.<ref name=":1" /> This made it the only way African Americans in Boston could share their words with the public. The newspaper's influence was at its highest point when it overlapped with other African American literary works in Boston. For example, the combination of the newspaper and Boston's little theatre movement. Like stated earlier, many of the authors posts expressed their different experiences living in America and being African American during the Harlem Renaissance. For example, Ridley's essay focused on her African American families's proud feelings of identifying themselves as Bostonians given they have lived freely in Boston for over three generations. Additionally, McBrowns poem seems to be written to show how African Americans still shine (like fireflies), even when they face hard times throughout the Harlem Renaissance time period. <ref name=":1" />

== Effects == == Effects == Within the Saturday Evening Quill club, authors helped each other become better writers. Many of the member's works received high recognition and praise. For example, both Eugene and Edythe Gordon, Dorothy West, Helene Johnson, and Gertrude Schalk were mentioned in ''Best Short Stories of 1928'' and ''Memorial Prize Stories of 1928.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Roses |first=Lorraine Elena |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv346v2f |title=Black Bostonians and the Politics of Culture, 1920-1940 |date=2017-11-13 |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |isbn=978-1-61376-477-0}}</ref> Gordon influenced Johnson and West's literary careers greatly. Not only did the contributors of the Club receive praise, but the club itself did as well. According to [[Gwendolyn B. Bennett|Gwendolyn Bennett]], the Saturday Evening Quill did a good job at bringing notice to African American literary activities in other parts of America that were overshadowed by those in Harlem. Within the Saturday Evening Quill club, authors helped each other become better writers. Many of the member's works received high recognition and praise. For example, both Eugene and Edythe Gordon, Dorothy West, Helene Johnson, and Gertrude Schalk were mentioned in ''Best Short Stories of 1928'' and ''Memorial Prize Stories of 1928.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Roses |first=Lorraine Elena |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv346v2f |title=Black Bostonians and the Politics of Culture, 1920-1940 |date=2017-11-13 |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |isbn=978-1-61376-477-0}}</ref> Gordon influenced Johnson and West's literary careers greatly. <ref name=":0" /> Not only did the contributors of the Club receive praise, but the club itself did as well. According to [[Gwendolyn B. Bennett|Gwendolyn Bennett]], the Saturday Evening Quill did a good job at bringing notice to African American literary activities in other parts of America that were overshadowed by those in Harlem. <ref name=":2" />

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