Joan R. Sherman,Phillis Wheatley Peters,Mary Weston Fordham,James Weldon Johnson,Paul Laurence Dunbar,Langston Hughes,Countee Cullen,Goerge Moses Horton,George Moses Horton,Frances Ellen Watkins Harper,Alberry Alston Whitman,Henrietta Cordelia Ray,Daniel Webster Davis
Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753â€“1784) to 20th-century work of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Other contributors include James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, many others. Indispensable for students of the black experience in America and any lover of fine poetry. Includes 4 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Poetry,Classics,History,Race,Cultural,African American,Nonfiction,Reference
African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927