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Books on: african american poetry

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The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946

Book by James Edward Smethurst; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Politics And Government, American Poetry--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Poetry--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Communism And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Political Poetry, American--History And Criticism, Race Relations In Literature, Right And Left (Political Science) In Literature, United States--Race Relations

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poetry was available to readers, the stance...few book-length collections of poetry by African Americans were published in the 1930s and that no important anthologies of African-American poetry, or African-American literature...
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Of Dreams Deferred, Dead or Alive: African Perspectives on African-American Writers

Book by Femi Ojo-Ade; Greenwood Press, 1996

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Africa--In Literature, African Americans In Literature, American Literature--African American Authors--Appreciation--Africa, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...common feature of African literature is...enslavers of Africans bear the guilt of imperialists. African Americans are quick to...satirizes the American system represented...manner as many African poets satirize...general, African Americans lament the fact...in African-American poetry is the style...
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Mercy, Mercy Me: African-American Culture and the American Sixties

Book by James C. Hall; Oxford University Press, 2001

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African American Arts--20th Century, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Modernism (Art)--United States, Modernism (Literature)--United States, United States--History--1961-1969, United States--Intellectual Life--20th Century, United States--Social Life And Customs--1945-1970

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...struct the modern African-American poet as some kind of...in the business of African-American poetry. Dudley Randalls Broad...editions of timely poetry accessible to all and...publication of its annual poetry portfo- lio. The...
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Language and Literature in the African American Imagination

Book by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Africa--In Literature, African American Aesthetics, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life, African Americans--Languages, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, American Literature--African Influences, English Language--United States--Foreign Elements--African

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African American roots, appreciate the uniqueness...she perceives it in the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks 1988...Modern Afro-American Poetry" : Black poets have created...counterpart. Modern black poetry is nourished by the work...
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African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2000

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African American Authors--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...RECEPTION Braithwaites poetry has received little recent...Laurence Dunbar * as the top African American poet. In a similar vein...applauded Braithwaites poetry for its "delicate beauty...references to race in his poetry, they did not condemn...

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Journal Articles on: african american poetry

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Toward Feminine Mythopoetic Visions: The Poetry of Gayl Jones

Journal article by Casey Clabough; African American Review, Vol. 41, 2007

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African American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Jones, Gayl--Works

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...involvement with poetry. (2) Furthermore...cultural legacies of African American verse in particular...African American poetry from the turn of...relationships between African Americans in the contemporary...contemporary African American relationships in...
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An Anthem for the Dream Land: the Legacy of Poetry for the Palestinian and African-american Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

Journal article by Nadia Alahmed; Human Architecture, Vol. 7, 2009

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African Americans, Black history, Cultural change, Poetry, Poets

Collections: History, Entire Library

...understand that we are Africans, Europeans are Europeans, not Americans, not Israeleans...the history of African-American and Palestinian...characteristics to the African American and Palestinian...of resistance poetry, as described...Karenga, meant that poetry represents the...from the rest of American society. The...tradition of African Americans. Instances of...
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Every Goodbye Ain't Gone: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry by African Americans

Journal article by Keith D. Leonard; MELUS, Vol. 32, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Every Goodbye Ain't Gone: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry by African Americans (Book)--Book reviews

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...Anthology of Innovative Poetry by African Americans. by Keith D. Leonard Every...An Anthology of Innovative Poetry by African Americans. Aldon Lynn Nielsen and...respected work on African American poetry, Every Goodbye Aint Gone...
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Performing the Word: African American Poetry as Vernacular Culture

Journal article by Lorenzo Thomas; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001

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Books--Reviews, Performing the Word: African American Poetry as Vernacular Culture (Book)--Reviews

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...the Word: African American Poetry as Vernacular Culture...African American Poetry as Vernacular Culture...Performing the Word: African American Poetry as Vernacular Culture...people descended from Africans enslaved in that part...
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African American Women's Poetry in the Christian Recorder, 1855-1865: A Bio-Bibliography with Sample Poems

Journal article by Eric Gardner; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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African American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, African American poetry--Works, African American women poets--Criticism and interpretation, African American women poets--Personalities, African American women poets--Works, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--Works, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, Christian Recorder (Periodical)--History

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African American Womens Poetry in the Christian...Century American Womens Poetry...defining African Americans as human...Black womens poetry in venues...fiction, poetry, essays...generation of African Americans with ties...

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Magazine Articles on: african american poetry

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Looking through the Eyes of Injustice: Integrating Poetry and African-american History

Magazine article by Cassandra Pierce-Thomas; Multicultural Education, Vol. 14, Summer 2007

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African Americans, American history, Gossip, Guidelines, Language arts, Learning, Poetry, Prejudice

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Poetry and African-american History by...expression? Poetry. Poetry is my souls...African-Americans through exploration...bringing in an African-American History calendar...African- Americans and their...Ecphrastic Poetry Ecphrastic...
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A Festival of African American Poetry

Magazine article by Krisanne Hastings; Humanities, Vol. 23, March 2002

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Black culture, Festivals, Poetry, St Louis Missouri

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A Festival of African American Poetry by Krisanne Hastings Fifty years ago...In response to that question, a poetry festival in St. Louis, Missouri...for one week during April, National Poetry Month. "The rich tradition of African...
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Afro-American or Black: What's in a Name? Prominent Blacks And-Or African Americans Express Their Views

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 44, July 1989

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African Americans--Identity, Brookins, H. Hartford--Attitudes, Dellums, Ronald V.--Attitudes, Edelin, Ramona H.--Attitudes, Futrell, Mary Hatwood--Attitudes, Height, Dorothy I.--Attitudes, Hooks, Benjamin L.--Attitudes, Jacob, John E.--Attitudes, Jemison, T.J.--Attitudes, Lowery, Joseph E.--Attitudes, Names, Ethnological--Public opinion, Naylor, Gloria--Attitudes

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...views: African-American Ramona H. Edelin...unify. We want African people throughout...to ourselves as Africans wherever we are...Calling ourselves African-Americans is the first step...We were using African or Afro-American...other for its poetry. African-American transmits a signal...background. White Americans are also known...
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Cyber-Bration of Black History Month: Taste African American Culture on the Web

Magazine article by Rafiki Cal; Black Enterprise, Vol. 27, February 1997

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African American scientists--Information services, African Americans--Information services, Blacks--Canada, National Black History Month--Information services, World Wide Web--Usage

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...History Month: taste African American culture on the Web by...looking for African American and African Canadian...Soldiers to African Americans in science--and everything...the world of African American achievement during the...Month to contemporary poetry to African American...
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Barbara Chase-Riboud: Speaking to the African American Experience

Magazine article by John D'Addario; School Arts, Vol. 95, February 1996

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African American women artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Chase-Riboud, Barbara--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women sculptors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...speaking to the African American experience...novels and poetry. Her work...an African American? Do you think...photographs of African masked dancers...collections of poetry available in...Originals: American Women Sculptors...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american poetry

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MCC Kicks off African-American History Events

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 24, 2011

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African Americans--Conferences, meetings and seminars

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MCC Kicks off African-American History Events. McHenry County College kicked off African-American History Month...Steve Young. Feb. 16: Poetry Slam, a contest for students...opportunity to perform poetry at Stage Left Caf in Woodstock...
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THE MOTHER OF ALL WEEPIES; the African-American Underclass Is Brought to the Screen in a Painfully Emotive Tale of Redemption Full of Stunning Performances -- None More So Than Mo'Nique as a Terrifying, Self-Pitying Matriarch

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 29, 2010

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African Americans

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...OF ALL WEEPIES; the African-American Underclass Is Brought...a 16-year-old African-American girl who is living...without a degree of poetry, as if a movie by...characters. Millions of Americans know exactly where...
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Celebrating Black History Groups throughout the Chicago Area Commemorate the Achievements of African-Americans during Black History Month

Newspaper article by Virginia Kenyon; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 2, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Achievements of African-Americans during Black History...Balancing the Scales: The African American Fight for Justice...cultural legacy during "African Heritage Festival...black music, drama and poetry is presented in a cabaret...
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Poetry in Commotion from a Feminist Icon; ALSO SHOWING

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 12, 2010

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Poetry

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Poetry in Commotion from...reunion, the stylised American film For Colored Girls...set-text status in American feminist studies...and the sing-song poetry of Ntozake Shanges...The lives of nine African American women are...
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Of Poetry and Racism

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 6, 2010

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Poetry, Racism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Of Poetry and Racism. Byline...exposition about the American paradox about equality...it possible that an African slave - and a female...capacity to write classical poetry in English? This was...at root was whether Africans were, according to...a collection of her poetry, which became the first...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american poetry

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing...these were strongly American, and transcendentalists...skilled and emotional poetry, clearly expressed...called confessional poetry, which was also...To some degree, poetry has also become...Post Vietnam War American literature has called...encompasses the work of African-American (e...
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Hughes, Langston

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Hughes), 1902 67, American poet and central figure...Lindsay discovered his poetry in 1925. The publication...his first volume of poetry, enabled Hughes to attend...concerned with depicting African American life, particularly...later collections of poetry are Shakespeare in Harlem...
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Dove, Rita

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DOVE, RITA 1952 , American poet, b. Akron, Ohio. Her first poetry collection, Ten Poems...History as seen from an African-American perspective is perhaps her...poet laureate, the first African American to hold the post...
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Howe, Julia Ward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...JULIA WARD 1819 1910, American author and social reformer...paper. Her first book of poetry was published in 1854...behalf of woman suffrage, African-American emancipation, and other...writing several volumes of poetry, she was the author...
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Baraka, Amiri

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...amere b ra k , 1934 , American poet, playwright, and...racism of mainstream white American society. His volumes...Note (1961), Selected Poetry (1979), Transbluesency...Confirmation: An Anthology of African-American Women (1983...intensely involved with the African-American community...

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