| Description |
xxxv, 437 pages ; 18 cm. |
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Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers |
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Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers.
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| Contents |
Essays. Some girls that I know -- Afro-American women and their work -- Afro-American poets and their verse -- The Negro among Anglo-Saxon poets -- Alexander Dumas, père -- Paying professions for colored girls -- Alexander Sergeivich Pushkin. |
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Poetry. Memory -- Only a letter -- My queen -- The glad new year -- Lift me higher master -- Lines to Ida B. Wells -- The pastor -- A rest beyond -- Allen's army -- A psalm of the soul -- Heart-keeping -- Afro-American boy -- Faith's vision -- A tribute to Negro regiments -- The superannuate -- Which? -- The highest life -- Soul visions -- The warrior's lay -- That ye be one -- In ole Ca'liny -- Our cause -- A hymn of praise -- Clotelle : a tale of Florida -- A Southern incident -- When Mandy combs her head -- Uncle Ned's story -- Seeking the lost -- Phyllis Wheateley -- Idlers and toilers -- The happy Christmas bells -- At anchor -- Oh, Africa! -- Color -- The superannuate -- If you are in the right -- The Negro -- Sen' me back to de Souf -- Bashy -- She who never had a chance -- The heroes of the Iowa conference -- Uncle Ned's return -- Uncle Ike's testimony -- Oh, dear southland -- The glad new year -- Faith's vision -- When Edie's in the kitchen -- The worker's song -- Soul vision -- To-day -- The annual celebration -- The black boys in blue -- The pastor -- Black and white -- Don't be ashamed to do right -- Christmas time -- An Easter lily -- America's first cargo of slaves -- The blue vein cub -- Lines to Bishop Arnett -- Ida B. Wells -- Epochs -- Pipings of dawn. |
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Fiction. Beryl Weston's ambition : the story of an Afro-American girl's life -- Miles the conquerer -- Clancy Street -- The preacher at Hill station. |
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Drama. Aunt Betsy's Thanksgiving -- Heirs of slavery : a little drama of to-day -- Thirty years of freedom : a drama in four acts -- Fifty years of freedom, or From cabin to Congress : a drama in five acts -- The spirit of Allen : a pageant of African Methodism. |
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Anthology. Quotations from Negro authors. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62). |
| Subject |
African American women -- Literary collections.
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African Americans -- Literary collections.
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| Indexed Term |
English literature |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Tate, Claudia.
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| Added Title |
Works. 1991
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| ISBN |
0195062000 alkaline paper |
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9780195062007 alkaline paper |
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