Pauline E. Hopkins 
Contending Forces. Illustrated 

A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South is the first major novel by Pauline Hopkins, first published in 1900. Contending Forces focuses on African American families in post-Civil War American society. 

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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 – August 13, 1930) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor.