num_pages: 192
description: This honest and poignant young adult poetry collection addresses many different experiences of what it means to be black.The quintessential African American, a proud, lonely, vulnerable yet independent human being who has forged out of hardship that combination of endurance, understanding, and spirit called soul. This illustrated book collects poems by Langston Hughes, Mari Evans, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, and many more.
language: English
title: I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans
titlecomplete: I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans
genres: Cultural, Anthologies, African American, Young Adult, Poetry
ratings_count: 147
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers