Jervis Anderson

West is trying to resurrect the role of the activist philosopher without completely shaking up the academy, Jervis Anderson wrote, in 1994.

PROFILE of the Right Rev. Paul Moore, Jr., Episcopal Bishop of N.Y. He was born, the privileged son & grandson of Episcopal millionaires near Morristown, …

Part 2 of Jervis Anderson’s report about the neighborhood’s early development, from the rise of Black-owned businesses and ragtime, to Marcus Garvey and Madam C. J. Walker, the millionaire beautician.

Part 1 of Jervis Anderson’s sweeping report about the history of a neighborhood—and a refuge—for the Black community of twentieth-century Manhattan.

Jervis Anderson on the transformation of the neighborhood as the white liberal tenants—the “brownstoners”—moved in.

Jervis Anderson’s 1976 Profile of the author of “Invisible Man.”

PROFILE of black playwright Ed Bullins. At 37, he has written over 30 plays, by his count. Since 1967 he has been involved with & is the assoc. director of…

PROFILE of A. Philip Randolph, black civil rights leader, aged 83. In 1935 Randolph was asked to head the new National Negro Congress. He declined at first…

Part 1 of Jervis Anderson’s Profile of the activist, who founded the country’s first Black labor union, vied with Marcus Garvey, and led the March on Washington, where M.L.K. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.