| Description |
144 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Graphic classics ; v. 22 |
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Graphic classics ; v. 22.
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| Audience |
"Recommended for ages 12 to adult"--Cover p. [4]. |
| Summary |
"Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [et al.]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [et al.]"--Cover p. [4]. |
| Contents |
The reward / James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Mac McGill -- Two Americans / Florence Lewis Bentley, adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden, color by Adrian Johnson -- On being Crazy / W.E. B. Du Bois, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kyle Baker -- The negro / Langston Hughes, illustrated by Stan Shaw -- Danse Africaine / Langston Hughes / illustrated by Afua Richardson -- A carnival jangle / Alice Dunbar Nelson / adapted and illustrated by Lance Tooks -- The castaways / Claude McKay, illustrated by Glenn Brewer -- America / Claude McKay, illustrated by John Jennings -- Lawing and jawing / Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Arie Monroe -- Lex Talionis / Robert W. Bagnall, adapted by Christopher Priest, illustrated by Jim Webb -- Becky / Jean Toomer, adapted by Mat Johnson, illustrated by Kenjji -- Sympathy / by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Lance Tooks -- |
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We wear the mask / Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Larry Poncho Brown -- Buyers of dreams / Ethel M. Caution, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Leilani Hickerson -- The bronze legacy / Effie Lee Newsome, illustrated by Keith Mallett -- The Goophered grapevine / Charles W. Chesnutt / adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Shepherd Hendrix -- Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U meets Cleopatra / Leila Amos Pendleton , adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kevin J. Taylor -- De cunjah man / James Edwin Campbell, illustrated by Masheka Wood -- Filling station / Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Milton Knight -- The ghost of Deacon Brown / James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Jeremy Love -- Aunt Chloe's politics / Frances E.W. Harper, illustrated by Titus V. Thomas -- Shalmanezer / Frances E.W. Harper, adapted & illustrated by Lance Tooks. |
| Source |
NBK 7/12 PPLY |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Graphic novels.
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| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
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Bentley, Florence Lewis
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935.
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McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.
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Hurston, Zora Neale.
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Bagnall, Robert W.
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Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.
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Carothers, James D.
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.
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Caution, Ethel M.
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Newsome, Effie Lee, 1885-1979.
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Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932.
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Pendleton, Leila Amos, 1860-
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Campbell, James Edwin, 1867-1895.
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Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911.
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Pomplun, Tom.
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Tooks, Lance.
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Richardson, Afua, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780982563045 (pbk.) |
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0982563043 (pbk.) |
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