Reviews
"Contains many editorials and essays not seen since their original publication; even today, they crackle and roar. Fortune deserves to be seen separately, as one who struggle to be his own man, suffered a calamitous breakdown in the effort, and never recovered the vigor of his early years."
--Columbia Journalism Review
"One comes away from the book with an appreciation for the breadth and passion of Fortune's work, and the recognition that many of the issues that Fortune addressed are still being debated in the African American community today. This book should be purchased by all academic libraries and by public libraries with collections on African American history."
--Choice
"Alexander convincingly argues for Fortune's elevation to a more visible position in the exclusive community of early-twentieth-century African American intellectuals."
--Journal of Southern History