Black Voices
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"If you don't know my name, you don't know your own."--James Baldwin An anthology of African-American literature featuring contributions from some of the most prominent Black and African-American authors of our time, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Leroi Jones, Margaret Walker, Richard Wright, Malcom X, and many more. Featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Black Voices captures the diverse and powerful words of a literary explosion, the ramifications of which can be seen and heard in the works of today's African-American artists. A comprehensive and impressive primer, this anthology presents some of the greatest and most enduring work born out of the African-American experience in the United States. Contributors Also Include:
Sterling A. Brown
Charles W. Chesnutt
John Henrik Clarke
Countee Cullen
Frederick Douglass
Paul Laurence Dunbar
James Weldon Johnson
Naomi Long Madgett
Paule Marshall
Clarence Major
Claude McKay
Ann Petry
Dudley Randall
J. Saunders Redding
Jean Toomer
Darwin T. Turner
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Frank London Brown
Arthur P. Davis
Frank Marshall Davis
Owen Dodson
Mari Evans
Rudolph Fisher
Dan Georgakas
Robert Hayden
Frank Horne
Blyden Jackson
Lance Jeffers
Fenton Johnson
George E. Kent
Alain Locke
Diane Oliver
Stanley Sanders
Richard G. Stern
Sterling Stuckey
Melvin B. Tolson
Sterling A. Brown
Charles W. Chesnutt
John Henrik Clarke
Countee Cullen
Frederick Douglass
Paul Laurence Dunbar
James Weldon Johnson
Naomi Long Madgett
Paule Marshall
Clarence Major
Claude McKay
Ann Petry
Dudley Randall
J. Saunders Redding
Jean Toomer
Darwin T. Turner
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Frank London Brown
Arthur P. Davis
Frank Marshall Davis
Owen Dodson
Mari Evans
Rudolph Fisher
Dan Georgakas
Robert Hayden
Frank Horne
Blyden Jackson
Lance Jeffers
Fenton Johnson
George E. Kent
Alain Locke
Diane Oliver
Stanley Sanders
Richard G. Stern
Sterling Stuckey
Melvin B. Tolson
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0451527828
ISBN13:9780451527820
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:Signet Book
Length:816 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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A Must Have
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is a must have for all African American literature classes!
incredible and moving selection...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I first read this book--absorbed it, rather--in college and have recommended it ever since. You'd be lucky to find any poetry collection this fine, and the voices in it so poignant.
Required Reading, well worth the time, effort and money
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I read this as part of my undergrad education, and I must say I learned a lot and I cried a lot. The writings that the editor selected were superb. He did and excellent job of selected manuscripts that speak to the problems facing us today that are rooted in the past. I loved this book and I ended up keeping it as a part of my personal library. This should be required reading in every English class in America. Perhaps if we required more provocative writings in our classes, from more diverse populations of people we would not have the problems of racial and ethnic strife that we have in this country, on the verge of the 21st millenium. Great Writing and I highly reccommend it!!!!
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