African-American Collection

This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are African American Writers (Bookshelf) and The Book of American Negro Poetry, edited by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson's collection inspired the Harlem Renaissance generation to establish a firm African-American literary tradition in the United States.

01 - My Escape from Slavery - Frederick Douglass



02 - The Feet of Judas - George Marion McClellan



03 - I Want to Die While You Love Me (LH) - Georgia Douglas Johnson



04 - I Want to Die While You Love Me (PW) - Georgia Douglas Johnson



05 - A Negro Love Song - Paul Laurence Dunbar



06 - Question - Langston Hughes



07 - Sonnet - Alice Dunbar-Nelson



08 - Sunset - Paul Lawrence Dunbar



09 - The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Langston Hughes



10 Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves - William Stanley Braithwaite

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