He discusses the resurgence of Negro literature. He tells the dramatic story of the great migration North. Industry has fostered white supremacy so that the Negro must accept lower wages, thus delaying the progress of white workers. He hammers home the fact that an economic issue has been labelled a racial one, and argues convincingly that social taboos have grown out of economic causes. With extraordinary perception and passionate reason he presents the Negro point of view. He knows their strengths and weaknesses, and frankly challenges corruption in sections of the Negro press, and quislings in the ranks who would sell out their own people. Conrad- newspaperman, first white man to act as bureau manager and columnist for the Negro press as head of the Harlem office of the Chicago Defender - had to fight suspicion and hostility to win the Negro's confidence. Derived from a Kirkus review: Perhaps the most exciting book on the subject yet to be published- and yet it is an informed, responsible piece of investigation and good journalism.
His work on Jim Crow America is considered by some to be a civil rights classic. His interests as a writer included biographies of show business personalities, such as his memoir of Errol Flynn and his biography of Dorothy Dandridge and issues related to African Americans, such as his biographies of Harriet Tubman. Other papers are in the collection of the university of Oregon. Some of his papers are in the local history collection of the Cayuga Community College in Auburn. In 1950, Conrad co-wrote Patterson's memoir, Scottsboro Boy, about his experience as one of the group of nine men accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. This work brought him into contact with Haywood Patterson. As the Harlem Bureau Chief for The Chicago Defender, an African American title, he investigated lynchings in the south. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper PM in New York City, and other papers. Conrad wished to be a writer from a young age, and his early experience included a stint at the Auburn Advertiser-Journal. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways.
Earl Conrad (17 December 1906 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. Inscription reads: To Dick from Earl with best wishes.
Bookplate of Richard Allan Yaffe inside front board.
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