Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. is the aural complement to "The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949," edited by Langston Hughes along with Arna Bontemps - who reads the selections heard on this album. This collection characterizes the rich history of poetry in the African American community, including slaves such as Phyllis Wheatley who "won" their freedom with this skill and whose poem "His Excellency General Washington" may be heard here.
17 Cullen, Countie: Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds
18 Cullen, Countie: From the Dark Tower
19 Cullen, Countie: Yet Do I Marvel
20 Hayes, Donald Jeffrey: Poet
21 Cuney, Waring: No Images
22 Johnson, Helene: The Road
23 Hayden, Robert E.: Frederick Douglass
24 Bontemps, Arna: A Black Man Talks of Rivers
25 Bontemps, Arna: Miracles
26 Bontemps, Arna: Nocturne at Bethesda
27 Bontemps, Arna: Southern Mansion
28 Bontemps, Arna: A Note of Humility
29 Bontemps, Arna: The Daybreakers
30 Bontemps, Arna: The Return
31 Wheatley, Phyllis: His Excellency General Washington
32 McKay, Claude: Flame-Heart
Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. is the aural complement to "The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949," edited by Langston Hughes along with Arna Bontemps - who reads the selections heard on this album. This collection characterizes the rich history of poetry in the African American community, including slaves such as Phyllis Wheatley who "won" their freedom with this skill and whose poem "His Excellency General Washington" may be heard here.
