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The Literary Legacy Of Pauline Hopkins

Pauline Hopkins was a multitalented author, journalist and editor who pioneered horror, science fiction and fantasy writing at the turn of the 20th century. She wrote among the first (if not the first) theatrical drama and detective stories authored by a Black person, yet, her fiction does not have the same recognition as household names like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” nor does her nonfiction have the same acclaim as W.E.B. Du Bois’.

This is partly due to the unfortunate reality that archival materials related to marginalized figures, especially Black women like Hopkins, are difficult to exhume when they are no longer active. The other part is the long-standing racist and sexist ideas behind what constitutes “literary canon.” To elevate awareness of Hopkins in the 21st century, two of her four novels have recently been reissued: “Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self” was reissued on Feb. 9 and “Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice” in December 2020.

Entering the Spotlight

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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, ca. 1901

Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Maine, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) was a playwright, journalist, novelist, historian, editor, feminist, public intellectual, supporter of the arts, and an outspoken crusader for African American rights. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes and is best known for her 1900 novel Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South.

According to the Colored American Magazine, Hopkins was its most prolific contributor, serving in various editorial capacities during the publication's first four years, from 1901 to 1904, including as editor of the Women’s Department, literary editor, and eventually editor-in-chief (“editress”). Hopkins later wrote for the Voice of the Negro and co-founded the short lived New Era Magazine.

Her battles with Booker T. Washington ultimately led to her professional demise as a journalist. In 1918, she became a stenograph

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Please join us via Zoom, Monday, June 14, from 2:30-4:00 pm (Eastern time) for our 2021 ALA Panel, “Hopkins and Social Justice.” The session will be recorded and posted on a new ALA YouTube Channel, thus making our panel available for a considerable time and to a much wider audience than what one would expect at an in-person session. Our Zoom panel will approximate a live session, with brief introductions from the chair, three 15-minute papers from our presenters, some remarks from our respondent, and a question-and-answer session from audience members in attendance.

We hope you can join us as audience members for this exciting event! Please feel free to forward this announcement and invite interested friends and colleagues who would like to attend this event.

Below you will find the panel program, followed by the Zoom meeting link and password:

“Pauline Hopkins and Social Justice”

Chair: John Cyril Barton, University of Missouri, Kansas City

1. “‘After Seeming Death’: Justice and the Making o