Book of American Negro Poetry
Otto Leland Bohanan , William Stanley Braithwaite , Benjamin Griffith Brawley , James Edwin Campbell , Waverly Turner Carmichael , James David Corrothers , Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. , Ray G. Dandridge , Daniel Webster Davis , R. Nathaniel Dett , W. E. B. Du Bois , Paul Laurence Dunbar , Alice Dunbar Nelson , Jessie R. Fauset , Leslie Pinckney Hill , John Wesley Holloway , Roscoe C. Jamison , Fenton Johnson , Charles Bertram Johnson , Georgia Douglas Johnson , James Weldon Johnson , Edward Smyth Jones , Joshua Henry Jones, Jr. , George Reginald Margetson , George Marion McClellan , Claude McKay , William H. A. Moore , Alex Rogers , Theodore Henry Shackelford , Anne Spencer , Lucian B. Watkins
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Length 5 h 5 min
Chapters 35
First published 1922
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
Chapters
1
PREFACE (PART ONE) Read by Jim Locke 48:47
2
PREFACE (PART TWO) Read by Jim Locke 32:07
3
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 17:20
4
JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL Read by Kahlil B 9:38
5
JAMES D. CORROTHERS Read by Foon 10:49
6
DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS Read by DavidG 4:35
7
WILLIAM H. A. MOORE Read by Kahlil B 5:01
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W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS Read by Farnood 7:51
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GEORGE MARION McCLELLAN Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:25
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WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Read by Farnood 6:51
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GEORGE REGINALD MARGETSON Read by Farnood 5:12
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JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Read by Jim Locke 20:55
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JOHN WESLEY HOLLOWAY Read by DavidG 8:29
14
LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL Read by DavidG 6:15
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EDWARD SMYTH JONES Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:00
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RAY G. DANDRIDGE Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:07
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FENTON JOHNSON Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:26
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R. NATHANIEL DETT Read by Michele Fry 1:53
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GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker 4:22
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CLAUDE McKAY Read by Larry Wilson 15:36
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JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR. Read by Larry Wilson 4:33
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ROSCOE C. JAMISON Read by DavidG 1:51
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JESSIE FAUSET Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:13
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ANNE SPENCER Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 10:10
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ALEX ROGERS Read by DavidG 6:06
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WAVERLEY TURNER CARMICHAEL Read by Larry Wilson 1:46
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ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON Read by Larry Wilson 1:18
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CHARLES BERTRAM JOHNSON Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:14
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OTTO LEYLAND BOHANAN Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:27
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THEODORE HENRY SHACKLEFORD Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:11
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LUCIAN B. WATKINS Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:31
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BENJAMIN BRAWLEY Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:03
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JOSHUA HENRY JONES, JR. Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:39
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APPENDIX Read by Kahlil B 4:22
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS Read by Chuck Williamson 19:53
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