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Book of American Negro poetry, The.Entry/Object ID
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Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023Description
xlviii, 217 p. 20 cm.
Chosen and ed. ; with an essay on the Negro's creative genius as subtitle.
James Weldon Johnson is the editor of The Book of American Negro Poetry. Johnson compiled this work because it was his belief that a group of people is not known for their greatness until their art and literature is known. Johnson believed that the status of the American Negro would be improved by making their literature known to the general public. The following is a list of poets included in this collection. Paul Dunbar, James, Campbell, James Corrothers, Daniel Davis, William Moore, W E DuBois, George McClellan, William Braithwaite, George Margetson, James Johnson, John Holloway, Leslie Hill, Ray Dandridge, Edward Jones, FentonJohnson, R Nathaniel Dett, Georgia Johnson, Claude McKay, Joseph Cotter Jr., Roscoe Jamison, Jessie Fauset, Anne Spencer, Alex Rogers, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles Johnson, Otto Bohanan, Theodore Shackleford, Lucian Watkins, Benjamin Brawley, and Joshua Jones Jr.
Includes "Biographical Index of Authors", pp.209 - 214" and "Index of Titles, pp. 215 - 217."
Obituary of Mr. Johnson from the Cleveland News, dated Tuesday, June 28, 1938, is glued to the page following p.217. Next page from there is a clipping on Roland Hayes, tenor, glued.Collection
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American poetry -- African American authors.Publication Details
Author
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938Publisher
Harcourt, BracePlace Published
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New YorkCall No.
Rare Book PS 591 .N4 J6