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African-American Collection, July 2007
This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are African American Writers (Bookshelf) and The Book of American Negro Poetry, edited by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson’s collection inspired the Harlem Renaissance generation to establish a firm African-American literary tradition in the United States. (Summary by Alan)
- Wikipedia - Black History Month
- Wikipedia - African-American
- LibriVox’s African-American Collection, July 2007 Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book (23 MB)
- RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day
Total running time: 0:48:36
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- My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) - 00:38:22
Source: E-text
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[mp3@128kbps - 36.8MB]
[ogg vorbis - 26.8MB]
Read by: Denny Sayers - The Feet of Judas by George Marion McClellan (1860-1934)- 00:01:58
Source: E-text
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Read by: LaVerne Henderson - I Want to Die While You Love Me (LH) by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877-1966) - 00:01:01
Source: E-text
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Read by: LaVerne Henderson - I Want to Die While You Love Me (PW) by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877-1966) - 00:01:07
Source: E-text
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Read by: Philippa Willitts - A Negro Love Song by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) - 00:01:10
Source: E-text
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Read by: Victoria Grace - Question by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) - 00:00:45
Source: E-text
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Read by: Alan Davis-Drake - Sonnet by Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) - 00:01:14
Source: E-text
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Read by: Philippa Willitts - Sunset by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) - 00:00:58
Source: E-text
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Read by: Beth Peat - The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) - 00:01:12
Source: E-text
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Read by: Alan Davis-Drake - Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves by William Stanley Braithwaite (1872-1962) - 00:00:49
Source: E-text
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Read by: Barbara Pfaff
Cataloged on July 14, 2007










