African American Experience in Crime Fiction - Crafton, Robert E.

Crime fiction has only in recent years been engaged by African-American authors. Pauline Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes in the first half of the 20th century, followed by Ishmael Reed, Walter Mosley, Colson Whitehead and Stephen L. Carter. These authors provide a means of examining literary and social constructions of the African-American experience.