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Negro in Literature and Art in the United States
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
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:36 - Chapter 2
The Negro Genius
09:07 - Chapter 3
Phillis Wheatley
35:21 - Chapter 4
Paul Laurence Dunbar
17:36 - Chapter 5
Charles W. Chesnutt
07:52 - Chapter 6
W. E. Burghardt Du Bois
08:48 - Chapter 7
William Stanley Braithwaite
13:27 - Chapter 8
Other Writers
26:52 - Chapter 9
Orators - Douglass And Washington
19:49 - Chapter 10
The Stage
07:22 - Chapter 11
Painters - Henry O. Tanner
13:38 - Chapter 12
Sculptors - Meta Warrick Fuller
18:48 - Chapter 13
Music
19:26 - Chapter 14
General Progress 1918-1921
20:00 - Chapter 15
Charles S. Gilpin
09:27 - Chapter 16
Appendix The Negro In American Fiction
31:19