Literature / Press & broadcasting
Hoyt W. Fuller
1923–1981 · editor, critic, journalist
Editor of Negro Digest/Black World, the key magazine of the Black Arts Movement, who was raised in Detroit, graduated from Wayne State and began as a Detroit newspaperman.
- Born
Atlanta, Georgia- Died
Atlanta, Georgia
aged 57- Birth name
- Hoyt William Fuller
- Detroit years
- 1930s–1954
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Born in Atlanta, Fuller was sent to live with an aunt in Detroit after the death of his parents, and grew up in the city while returning to Atlanta to visit the grandmother who encouraged his interest in Black culture. At Wayne State University, where he graduated in 1950 in literature and journalism, he found a mentor in Fred Williams, an amateur historian of Detroit's Black community. He started his career at the city's Black press, working for the Detroit Tribune from 1949 to 1951 and the Michigan Chronicle from 1951 to 1954, before joining Ebony in Chicago. In 1961 he revived Negro Digest, renamed it Black World in 1970, and made it the central platform of the Black Arts Movement; he also visited Detroit's Boone House poets.
Highlights
- Editor of Negro Digest / Black World, 1961–1976
- Founded the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) in Chicago
- Worked for the Detroit Tribune (1949–1951) and Michigan Chronicle (1951–1954)
- Wayne State University graduate (1950)
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Studied here · 1940s–1950
Wayne State University
He graduated here in 1950 with a degree in literature and journalism.