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Book of American Negro Poetry
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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
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    PREFACE (PART ONE)

    48:47
  2. Chapter 2

    PREFACE (PART TWO)

    32:07
  3. Chapter 3

    PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

    17:20
  4. Chapter 4

    JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL

    09:38
  5. Chapter 5

    JAMES D. CORROTHERS

    10:49
  6. Chapter 6

    DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS

    04:35
  7. Chapter 7

    WILLIAM H. A. MOORE

    05:01
  8. Chapter 8

    W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS

    07:51
  9. Chapter 9

    GEORGE MARION McCLELLAN

    06:25
  10. Chapter 10

    WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

    06:51
  11. Chapter 11

    GEORGE REGINALD MARGETSON

    05:12
  12. Chapter 12

    JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

    20:55
  13. Chapter 13

    JOHN WESLEY HOLLOWAY

    08:29
  14. Chapter 14

    LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL

    06:15
  15. Chapter 15

    EDWARD SMYTH JONES

    04:00
  16. Chapter 16

    RAY G. DANDRIDGE

    07:07
  17. Chapter 17

    FENTON JOHNSON

    08:26
  18. Chapter 18

    R. NATHANIEL DETT

    01:53
  19. Chapter 19

    GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

    04:22
  20. Chapter 20

    CLAUDE McKAY

    15:36
  21. Chapter 21

    JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR.

    04:33
  22. Chapter 22

    ROSCOE C. JAMISON

    01:51
  23. Chapter 23

    JESSIE FAUSET

    06:13
  24. Chapter 24

    ANNE SPENCER

    10:10
  25. Chapter 25

    ALEX ROGERS

    06:06
  26. Chapter 26

    WAVERLEY TURNER CARMICHAEL

    01:46
  27. Chapter 27

    ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON

    01:18
  28. Chapter 28

    CHARLES BERTRAM JOHNSON

    04:14
  29. Chapter 29

    OTTO LEYLAND BOHANAN

    02:27
  30. Chapter 30

    THEODORE HENRY SHACKLEFORD

    02:11
  31. Chapter 31

    LUCIAN B. WATKINS

    02:31
  32. Chapter 32

    BENJAMIN BRAWLEY

    03:03
  33. Chapter 33

    JOSHUA HENRY JONES, JR.

    02:39
  34. Chapter 34

    APPENDIX

    04:22
  35. Chapter 35

    BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS

    19:53