The Book of American Negro Poetry

Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. (1895 - 1919), Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906) et al.

The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edited by writer and diplomat James Weldon Johnson, this collection was published with the hope of bringing to the public a greater awareness of the art and literature created by Black writers. This is the first edition of this long-republished anthology and collects seminal works by Paul Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Claude McKay, Leslie Hill, James Corrothers, and many more. - Summary by ChuckW

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 PREFACE (PART ONE) Jim Locke
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Play 02 PREFACE (PART TWO) Jim Locke
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Play 03 PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 04 JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL Kahlil B
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Play 05 JAMES D. CORROTHERS Foon
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Play 06 DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS DavidG
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Play 07 WILLIAM H. A. MOORE Kahlil B
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Play 08 W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS Farnood
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Play 09 GEORGE MARION McCLELLAN Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 10 WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Farnood
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Play 11 GEORGE REGINALD MARGETSON Farnood
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Play 12 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Jim Locke
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Play 13 JOHN WESLEY HOLLOWAY DavidG
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Play 14 LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL DavidG
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Play 15 EDWARD SMYTH JONES Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 16 RAY G. DANDRIDGE Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 17 FENTON JOHNSON Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 18 R. NATHANIEL DETT Michele Fry
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Play 19 GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AnnaLisa Bodtker
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Play 20 CLAUDE McKAY Larry Wilson
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Play 21 JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR. Larry Wilson
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Play 22 ROSCOE C. JAMISON DavidG
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Play 23 JESSIE FAUSET Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 24 ANNE SPENCER Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 25 ALEX ROGERS DavidG
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Play 26 WAVERLEY TURNER CARMICHAEL Larry Wilson
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Play 27 ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON Larry Wilson
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Play 28 CHARLES BERTRAM JOHNSON Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 29 OTTO LEYLAND BOHANAN Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 30 THEODORE HENRY SHACKLEFORD Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 31 LUCIAN B. WATKINS Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 32 BENJAMIN BRAWLEY Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 33 JOSHUA HENRY JONES, JR. Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 34 APPENDIX Kahlil B
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Play 35 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS Chuck Williamson
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