On May 10, 1981, Hoyt W. Fuller, a prominent literary critic and editor, passed away at the age of 57 in Atlanta, Georgia. Fuller was a pioneering force in African American literature, best known for his role as editor of Black World (formerly Negro Digest) and later First World magazine. Through his work, Fuller championed writers such as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, and Haki Madhubuti, helping to shape the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He believed literature should be a vehicle for cultural identity, political resistance, and Pan-African unity. His legacy endures through the writers and movements he nurtured.
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