Stephen Henderson (literary scholar)

Stephen Henderson
Born
Stephen Evangelist Henderson

(1925-10-13)October 13, 1925
Key West, Florida, United States
DiedJanuary 7, 1997(1997-01-07) (aged 71)
Langley Park, Maryland, United States
Occupation(s)Professor and scholar
Notable workUnderstanding the New Black Poetry: Black Speech and Black Music as Poetic Reference (1973)

Stephen E. Henderson (October 13, 1925 – January 7, 1997) was an American professor of African-American literature and culture,[1] whose 1973 book Understanding the New Black Poetry: Black Speech and Black Music as Poetic Reference is regarded as a seminal work. He is noted for providing the first formal interpretation of militant Black poetry,[1] and, with Vincent Harding and William Strickland, for founding the Institute of the Black World in Atlanta, Georgia.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Henderson, Stephen E. 1925–1997 - Dictionary definition". Encyclopedia.com: Free online dictionary. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ White, Derrick E (2011). Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. pp. 9–12. ISBN 978-0-8130-4062-2. Retrieved September 21, 2016.