I, too, sing America : three centuries of African-American poetry / [selected and annotated by] Catherine Clinton ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
| Other author | Clinton, Catherine, 1952- |
| Other author | Alcorn, Stephen, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. |
| Description | 128 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I, too, sing America / Langston Hughes -- Introduction -- Lucy Terry (1730-1821) -- Bars fight -- Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) -- Liberty and peace -- George Moses Horton (1797-1883) -- On liberty and slavery -- James M. Whitfield (1822-1871) -- Yes! Strike again that sounding string -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) -- Bury me in a free land -- W.e.b. Du bois (1868-1963) -- Song of the smoke -- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) -- Lift ev'ry voice and sing -- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) -- We wear the mask -- Angelina Weld Grimke (1880-1958) -- Black finger -- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966) -- Your world -- Interracial -- Fenton Johnson (1888-1958) -- Children of the sun -- Claude McKay (1890-1948) -- If we must die -- White House -- Jean Toomer (1894-1967) -- Beehive -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981) -- Heritage-- To a dark girl -- Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) -- Black man talks of reaping -- Langston Hughes (1902-1967) -- Harlem -- Negro speaks of rivers -- Merry-go-round -- Cross -- Countee Cullen (1903-1946) -- Tableau -- Saturday's child -- Incident -- Margaret Walker (1915-1996) -- Sorrow home -- Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917) -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Malcolm X -- We real cool -- Maya Angelou (b. 1928) -- Still rise -- Audre Lorde (1934-1992) -- Rites of passage -- Amiri Baraka (b. 1934) -- In the year -- Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943) -- Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Alice Walker (b. 1944) -- Women -- Rita dove (b. 1952) -- Primer -- Editor's note -- Illustrator's note. |
| Abstract | A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker. |
| LCCN | 97046137 |
| ISBN | 0395895995 |
| ISBN | 9780395895993 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 811 I18 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |