Which publication edited by Charles Johnson provided an early platform for Hurston's writing?

• A. Opportunity
• B. The Crisis
• C. The New Yorker
• D. The Atlantic

Answer: (A)

Hurston’s early writing found a home in Opportunity, a magazine dedicated to Negro life that was edited by Charles S. Johnson. Opportunity was a flagship outlet during the Harlem Renaissance, giving rising Black writers a visible platform to publish fiction, essays, and poetry. Because this publication was specifically edited by Johnson, it stands out as the early platform associated with Hurston’s emergence as a published writer.

The other magazines noted—The Crisis (edited by W. E. B. Du Bois), The New Yorker, and The Atlantic—were important venues in different contexts, but they are not the publication edited by Charles Johnson that first helped Hurston gain exposure.