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Arna Bontemps- Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. - 200 Years

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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:

  1. Lucy Terry: Bars Fight
  2. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Dawn
  3. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Little Brown Baby
  4. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation
  5. Angelina Weld Grimke: The Black Finger
  6. Jean Toomer: Song Of The Sun
  7. James Weldon Johnson: The Creation
  8. Georgia Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
  9. Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
  10. Frank Horne: To James
  11. Sterling A. Brown: Sister Lou
  12. Langston Hughes: Havana Dreams
  13. Langston Hughes: Song For A Dark Girl
  14. Countie Cullen: For A Poet
  15. Countie Cullen: For A Lady I Know
  16. Countie Cullen: Saturday's Child
  17. Countie Cullen: Youth Sings A Song of Rosebuds
  18. Countie Cullen: From The Dark Tower
  19. Countie Cullen: Yet Do I Marvel
  20. Donald Jeffrey Hayes: Poet
  21. Waring Cuney: No Images
  22. Helene Johnson: The Road
  23. Robert E. Hayden: Frederick Douglass
  24. Arna Bontemps: A Black Man Talks Of Rivers
  25. Arna Bontemps: Miracles
  26. Arna Bontemps: Nocturne At Bethesda
  27. Arna Bontemps: Southern Mansion
  28. Arna Bontemps: A Note Of Humility
  29. Arna Bontemps: The Daybreakers
  30. Arna Bontemps: The Return
  31. Phyllis Wheatley: His Excellency, General Washington
  32. Claude McKay: Flame-Heart
Format: New CD/Spoken

Arna Bontemps- Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. - 200 Years

SKU: 093070979222
Regular price ¥140.00
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Release Date: 05.30.2012

 
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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:

  1. Lucy Terry: Bars Fight
  2. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Dawn
  3. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Little Brown Baby
  4. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation
  5. Angelina Weld Grimke: The Black Finger
  6. Jean Toomer: Song Of The Sun
  7. James Weldon Johnson: The Creation
  8. Georgia Douglas Johnson: My Little Dreams
  9. Fenton Johnson: The Banjo Player
  10. Frank Horne: To James
  11. Sterling A. Brown: Sister Lou
  12. Langston Hughes: Havana Dreams
  13. Langston Hughes: Song For A Dark Girl
  14. Countie Cullen: For A Poet
  15. Countie Cullen: For A Lady I Know
  16. Countie Cullen: Saturday's Child
  17. Countie Cullen: Youth Sings A Song of Rosebuds
  18. Countie Cullen: From The Dark Tower
  19. Countie Cullen: Yet Do I Marvel
  20. Donald Jeffrey Hayes: Poet
  21. Waring Cuney: No Images
  22. Helene Johnson: The Road
  23. Robert E. Hayden: Frederick Douglass
  24. Arna Bontemps: A Black Man Talks Of Rivers
  25. Arna Bontemps: Miracles
  26. Arna Bontemps: Nocturne At Bethesda
  27. Arna Bontemps: Southern Mansion
  28. Arna Bontemps: A Note Of Humility
  29. Arna Bontemps: The Daybreakers
  30. Arna Bontemps: The Return
  31. Phyllis Wheatley: His Excellency, General Washington
  32. Claude McKay: Flame-Heart