num_pages: 96
description: Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) 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.
language: English
title: African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927
titlecomplete: African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions)
genres: Classics, History, Anthologies, Race, Reference, African American, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 235
publisher: Dover Publications