Arna Bontemps- Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. - 200 Years
Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. is the aural complement to "The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949," edited by Langston Hughes along with Arna Bontemps - who reads the selections heard on this album. This collection characterizes the rich history of poetry in the African American community, including slaves such as Phyllis Wheatley who "won" their freedom with this skill and whose poem "His Excellency General Washington" may be heard here.
Tracklist:
- Lucy Terry: Bars Fight
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Dawn
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Little Brown Baby
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation
- Angelina Weld Grimke: The Black Finger
- Jean Toomer: Song Of The Sun
- James Weldon Johnson: The Creation
- Georgia Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
- Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
- Frank Horne: To James
- Sterling A. Brown: Sister Lou
- Langston Hughes: Havana Dreams
- Langston Hughes: Song For A Dark Girl
- Countie Cullen: For A Poet
- Countie Cullen: For A Lady I Know
- Countie Cullen: Saturday's Child
- Countie Cullen: Youth Sings A Song of Rosebuds
- Countie Cullen: From The Dark Tower
- Countie Cullen: Yet Do I Marvel
- Donald Jeffrey Hayes: Poet
- Waring Cuney: No Images
- Helene Johnson: The Road
- Robert E. Hayden: Frederick Douglass
- Arna Bontemps: A Black Man Talks Of Rivers
- Arna Bontemps: Miracles
- Arna Bontemps: Nocturne At Bethesda
- Arna Bontemps: Southern Mansion
- Arna Bontemps: A Note Of Humility
- Arna Bontemps: The Daybreakers
- Arna Bontemps: The Return
- Phyllis Wheatley: His Excellency, General Washington
- Claude McKay: Flame-Heart
Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. is the aural complement to "The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949," edited by Langston Hughes along with Arna Bontemps - who reads the selections heard on this album. This collection characterizes the rich history of poetry in the African American community, including slaves such as Phyllis Wheatley who "won" their freedom with this skill and whose poem "His Excellency General Washington" may be heard here.
Tracklist:
- Lucy Terry: Bars Fight
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Dawn
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Little Brown Baby
- Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation
- Angelina Weld Grimke: The Black Finger
- Jean Toomer: Song Of The Sun
- James Weldon Johnson: The Creation
- Georgia Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
- Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
- Frank Horne: To James
- Sterling A. Brown: Sister Lou
- Langston Hughes: Havana Dreams
- Langston Hughes: Song For A Dark Girl
- Countie Cullen: For A Poet
- Countie Cullen: For A Lady I Know
- Countie Cullen: Saturday's Child
- Countie Cullen: Youth Sings A Song of Rosebuds
- Countie Cullen: From The Dark Tower
- Countie Cullen: Yet Do I Marvel
- Donald Jeffrey Hayes: Poet
- Waring Cuney: No Images
- Helene Johnson: The Road
- Robert E. Hayden: Frederick Douglass
- Arna Bontemps: A Black Man Talks Of Rivers
- Arna Bontemps: Miracles
- Arna Bontemps: Nocturne At Bethesda
- Arna Bontemps: Southern Mansion
- Arna Bontemps: A Note Of Humility
- Arna Bontemps: The Daybreakers
- Arna Bontemps: The Return
- Phyllis Wheatley: His Excellency, General Washington
- Claude McKay: Flame-Heart