Gordon, Eugene, 1891-1974

African-American journalist and fiction writer born in Florida in 1891. Gordon studied English and journalism at Howard and Boston Universities and served in World War I in Europe, before joining the staff of the "Boston Daily Post" as an assistant feature writer in 1919. He founded the Saturday Evening Quill Club of non-professional writers, and for three years edited its annual, "The Saturday Evening Quill" (1928-1930). He was also a co-founder of the Boston John Reed Club, and the first editor of its magazine "Leftward." His work, both fiction and nonfiction, appeared in "American Mercury," "Plain Talk," "Scribner's," "Nation" and the "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science."

A member of the Communist Party-USA since 1931, Gordon co-authored with Cyril Briggs a pamphlet, "The Position of Negro Women," and worked in the Soviet Union in the 1930s as a reporter for the "Moscow Daily News." He also worked as a feature editor, reporter and writer for the "Daily Worker" from 1938 to 1946. In the 1950s, he was on the staff of the "National Guardian" newspaper and, as a correspondent for that publication, attended the 1955 Afro-Asian Bandung Conference in Indonesia. He also wrote a column, "Another Side of the Story" for the African-American press, 1958-1959. He died in 1974.

From the description of Eugene Gordon papers, 1927-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78345980

African-American journalist and fiction writer born in Florida in 1891. Gordon studied English and journalism at Howard and Boston Universities and served in World War I in Europe, before joining the staff of the "Boston Daily Post" as an assistant feature writer in 1919. He founded the Saturday Evening Quill Club of non-professional writers, and for three years edited its annual, "The Saturday Evening Quill" (1928-1930). He was also a co-founder of the Boston John Reed Club, and the first editor of its magazine "Leftward." His work, both fiction and nonfiction, appeared in "American Mercury," "Plain Talk," "Scribner's," "Nation" and the "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.".

A member of the Communist Party-USA since 1931, Gordon co-authored with Cyril Briggs a pamphlet, "The Position of Negro Women," and worked in the Soviet Union in the 1930s as a reporter for the "Moscow Daily News." He also worked as a feature editor, reporter and writer for the "Daily Worker" from 1938 to 1946. In the 1950s, he was on the staff of the "National Guardian" newspaper and, as a correspondent for that publication, attended the 1955 Afro-Asian Bandung Conference in Indonesia. He also wrote a column, "Another Side of the Story" for the African-American press, 1958-1959. He died in 1974.

From the guide to the Eugene Gordon papers, 1927-1972, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)