| Description |
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in. |
| Contents |
I have known rivers ; I too / L. Hughes -- Long gone ; Ma Rainey / S. Brown -- St. Isaac's church ; The tropics in New York ; If we must die (introduction) ; If we must die / C. McKay -- Heritage / C. Cullen --For my people ; Old Molley means ; Kissie Lee ; Stackalee ; John Henry / M. Walker -- Kitchenette ; Song of the front yard ; The preacher ruminates ; The children of the poor (sonnet no. 2) ; Old laughter ; Beverly Hills, Chicago / G. Brooks. |
| Performer |
Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Margaret Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks read their own poems. |
| Event |
Recorded in the 1930s, early 1940s, 1953 and 1954. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- African American authors.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989
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McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.
Poems. Selections
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Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998
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Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
Poems. Selections.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946.
Poems. Selections
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| Note |
Title on container: Anthology of Negro poets. |
| Music No. |
Folkways Records FL9791 |
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