Not So Simple The "Simple" Stories

Summary: "In 'Not So Simple,' Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper examines the character [Jesse B. Semple] as he emerged in Hughes's columns, from the beginning to Semples farewell in the 'New York Post' in December 1965, by which time Semple was being decried by many as an anachronism that failed to reflect the growing complexity of black life in a turbulent time. Ms. Marper....uses Hughes's own writings and other research to place... Jesse B. Semple against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America." [read more]