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FREEDOMWAYS FIRST QUARTER 1972
essays on the Seminole wars of 1817-18 and 1835-42. With reference to the Second Seminole War-the precedent for Vietnam in that the United States failed to conquer its dark-skinned foe-the writer tersely gives the lie to the Elkins/Genovese school of historians who incessantly belittle reference to Negro Slave Revolts in the United States when he sums up "the costs of what is usually spoken of as the most serious Indian war in the history of the United States but which perhaps should rather be described as a Negro insurrection with Indian support." (Ital. added.)
    It has become fashionable in the book-publishing industry to push popular products celebrating the wrongs of the Indian and that commerce has put in the background the previous rush to sell some black history specials. Words written by one commercial puffer for a successful-and no doubt somewhat worthy-tale of injustice to the Indian might better be applied to this work of Porter's: "One of the most important contributions to the history of the frontier ever published."
Howard N. Meyer

EXAMINING THE POET CULLEN AND HIS WORKS

A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COUNTEE CULLEN. By Margaret Perry. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 134 pages, index. $7.50.

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT of interpreting the Black Experience in the United States is documenting the literary contributions by Black creative writers. Bibliographical study and documentation are the most successful means by which to know and understand the extent of literary output by Black writers as a whole and on an individual basis. In fact, only a few thorough studies of individual's works have been made. The technique of bio-bibliography is even rarer; the Dickinson compilation and biography of Langston Hughes published a few years ago is an example of the rarity of this literary form. A recent study using the bio-bibliographical technique is Margaret Perry's study of Countee Cullen. Cullen was a distinguished poet whose poems dealt with the realities of racism in this country. 
    In Part One, "The Man and His Poetry," the author discusses the circumstances in Cullen's life that surrounded the making of the poet, i.e., his relationships with his foster parents, experiences as a student,

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