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Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

Public domain audiobook

Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

by Benjamin Griffith Brawley

English· 04:21:28· 16 chapters
Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literature and other arts including poets, artists, musicians, and orators. These range from well known figures such as poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and William Stanley Braithwaite to lesser known artists such as composer Will Marion Cook and sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller. Works from many of the authors discussed are available in the LibriVox catalog. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    02:36
  2. Chapter 2

    The Negro Genius

    09:07
  3. Chapter 3

    Phillis Wheatley

    35:21
  4. Chapter 4

    Paul Laurence Dunbar

    17:36
  5. Chapter 5

    Charles W. Chesnutt

    07:52
  6. Chapter 6

    W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

    08:48
  7. Chapter 7

    William Stanley Braithwaite

    13:27
  8. Chapter 8

    Other Writers

    26:52
  9. Chapter 9

    Orators - Douglass And Washington

    19:49
  10. Chapter 10

    The Stage

    07:22
  11. Chapter 11

    Painters - Henry O. Tanner

    13:38
  12. Chapter 12

    Sculptors - Meta Warrick Fuller

    18:48
  13. Chapter 13

    Music

    19:26
  14. Chapter 14

    General Progress 1918-1921

    20:00
  15. Chapter 15

    Charles S. Gilpin

    09:27
  16. Chapter 16

    Appendix The Negro In American Fiction

    31:19