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Books on: african american poetry history

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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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...literary left and African American poetry, 1930-1946...X 1. American poetry -- Afro-American authors -- History and criticism...century. 3. American poetry -- 20th century...Political poetry, American -- History and...literature. 6. Afro-Americans -- Intellectual...
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The Columbia History of American Poetry

Book by Jay Parini, Brett C. Millier; Columbia University Press, 1993

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American Poetry--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...1982 explores the history of El-ana, goddess...mentioned use of African American musical forms as...improvisation, but to African rituals particularly...values enhancing African American identity...especially to Eliots poetry, including his...
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History and Memory in African-American Culture

Book by Geneviève Fabre, Robert O'Meally; Oxford University Press, 1994

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African American Arts, African Americans--Historiography, African Americans--History, American Literature--African American Authors

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...also inspired to write poetry. Her "Lines Written...the minds of black Americans, Alexandre Dumas was...Locke on the "New African-American Poetry," which was the first...cultural beacon for black Americans. One reason may have...
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To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans

Book by Robin D. G. Kelley, Earl Lewis; Oxford University Press, 2000

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African Americans--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...between Britain and its North American possessions. The young Boston...John Hancock, and the American naval hero John Paul Jones. She was the first African American to publish a book of poetry and she gained international...
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Encyclopedia of African American Business History

Book by Juliet E. K. Walker; Greenwood Press, 1999

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African American Business Enterprises--Encyclopedias, African American Business Enterprises--History, Slavery--United States--Chronology

Collections: History, Entire Library

...publishers in the African American segment of the American...BOOKSTORES, COMMERCIAL . African American bookstores...financial gain. The history of black bookstores...viable. A 1996 African American Booksellers...music recitals, poetry readings, and political...

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Journal Articles on: african american poetry history

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Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim like Me: African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition

Journal article by Valerie F. Kinloch; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 91, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Water and Swim like Me: African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition. by Valerie...African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition. New York...comparison to other cultural genres: poetry, speechmaking, signifying...
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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

...Legacy of Poetry for the Palestinian and African-american...African-American history and stand...of African Americans and the Palestinian...compared the history of the creation...that we are Africans, Europeans...Europeans, not Americans, not Israeleans...about the history of African-American and Palestinian...
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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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Century American Womens Poetry...defining African Americans as human...Black womens poetry in venues...Encyclopedia of African American Literature...American Womens Poetry. Iowa City...Episcopal History. Philadelphia...Harper." African American Lives. Eds...American Womens Poetry. Princeton...
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The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 11: Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writings

Journal article by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 11: Works for Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writings. (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other...Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction, and Other...career. One of the few African Americans to earn his living as...Children and Young Adults: Poetry, Fiction and Other Writings...
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The Chicago Poetry Group: African American Art and High Modernism at Midcentury

Journal article by Lubna Najar; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 33, 2005

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African Americans, Art, Chicago Illinois, Poetry, Poets, South Side Community Art Center-Chicago IL

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...original African identity...a hybrid African American identity...of African Americans enhancement of the American population...modernism. The history and literary...the Chicago Poetry Group complicate...its mark on Poetry, as well...blanks of African American literary history and produce...

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Magazine Articles on: african american poetry history

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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

...by bringing in an African-American History calendar that gave summaries of 12 great African- Americans and their accomplishments...tried to shed light on African- American folk culture...objective. Ecphrastic Poetry Ecphrastic poetry...
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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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...bration of Black History Month: taste African American culture on the...for African American and African...Soldiers to African Americans in science...world of African American achievement...contemporary poetry to African American...
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Being Seen and Heard: African American Documentation Initiatives in Iowa and Minnesota

Magazine article by Kathryn M. Neal; Negro History Bulletin, January 2001

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African Americans--History, African Americans--Political activity, Historic documents--Management, Iowa--Demographic aspects, Iowa--History, Minnesota--Demographic aspects, Minnesota--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and heard: African American documentation...of African Americans in Iowa and...includes oral history interviews...organizational histories, and other...major era in African American literary history--the Revolutionary...about African Americans. Although...stories, poetry, plays...well as the history of black...papers of African American...local African American authors...about African Americans nationwide...exchanged poetry. In an excerpt...
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Book Reviewing, African-American Style

Magazine article by Wanda Coleman; The Nation, Vol. 275, September 16, 2002

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African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American literature, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--African American authors, Criticism--Analysis, Race relations--History, United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Book Reviewing, African-American Style...leading African-American bookstore in Los...day African-American writers, no matter...shifting currents in American publishing. Into...century, African-Americans are still denied...nonfiction and poetry continue to be...reading during Negro History Week (becoming...
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Learning from Ancestral Bones: New York's Exhumed African Past

Magazine article by Harriet Jackson Scarupa; American Visions, Vol. 9, February 1994

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African Americans--Antiquities, Anthropometry--Research, New York, New York--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Steering Committee of the African Burial Ground has submitted...museum to interpret the history of both the gravesite and the Colonial African population of New York...contributions of Colonial Africans to the early life of...to memorialize the African Burial Ground, like...New York African-American community, but to African Americans throughout the nation...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american poetry history

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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

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

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...opportunity to perform poetry at Stage Left Caf in...
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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

...Celebrating Black History Groups throughout...Achievements of African-Americans during Black...The African American Fight for...traditional African, slave field...theme is "African American Mystique - History, Heritage...drama and poetry is presented...
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CLC's Black History Month Has Full Lineup

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 2, 2011

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African Americans, Black History Month, Knowledge

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

CLCs Black History Month Has Full Lineup...understanding of the African-American culture, so lets...Saturday, Feb. 12: "Poetry in Motion," 5...performance of spoken word poetry. * Monday, Feb...the thousands of African people who lost...
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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

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

Poetry in Commotion from...reunion, the stylised American film For Colored...and the sing-song poetry of Ntozake Shanges...The lives of nine African American women are entwined...his nations recent history; one marked by war...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH; Son of Slaves Taught America Inclusive Lesson

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 22, 2007

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Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Black History Month, United States. National Park Service, Woodson, Carter G.

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

BLACK HISTORY MONTH; Son...Study of African American Life and...of black Americans to be reduced...her Black History Month stamp...Notable black Americans pictured...Study of African American Life and History recently...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american poetry history

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...journalistic histories of John Winthrop...Even Puritan poetry was offered...presenting American folk stories...hearts of Americans with glib...confessional poetry, which was...some degree, poetry has also become...Vietnam War American literature...the work of African-American...Literary History of the United...
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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...and evocative. History as seen from an African-American perspective is perhaps...laureate, the first African American to hold the...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...speakers elsewhere, see American literature ; Australian...literature ; and South African literature . The...eras in literary history. The energy of Englands...collections of experimental poetry by different, often...of 32. His best poetry is contained in the...wrote strong, spare poetry. Early Tudor drama...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Theatre: A Concise History (rev. ed. 1985...Century of Innovation: A History of European and American Theatre and Drama Since...O. G. Brockett, History of the Theatre (7th...Cambridge Guide to American Theatre (1996...
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Baraka, Amiri

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...b ra k , 1934 , American poet, playwright...mainstream white American society. His volumes...1961), Selected Poetry (1979), Transbluesency...are The Motion of History and Other Plays...An Anthology of African-American Women...involved with the African-American community...

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