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An Anthology of African American poetry for young people / [compiled and read by Arna Bontemps].

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.
Alexander Street Press.
Series:
Smithsonian global sound for libraries
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American poetry--African American authors.
American poetry.
Audiobooks.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian/Folkways, [1990]
System Details:
Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Dawn / Paul Laurence Dunbar
Youth / Langston Hughes
Did you feed my cow?
Bedbug
Precious things
I'm a round-town gent
Signs / Beatrice M. Murphy
No images / Waring Cuney
Florida road workers / L. Hughes
Troubled Jesus / W. Cuney
Ma Lord / L. Hughes
For my grandmother / Countee Cullen
Miracles / Arna Bontemps
Spring in New Hampshire ; Home thoughts / Claude McKay
Brown boy and girl under the mistletoe / C. Cullen
Heart of the woods / Wesley Curtright
To James / Frank Horne
Dark girl / A. Bontemps
In time of silver rain / L. Hughes
Red / C. Cullen
New Orleans : the Zulu king / Josephine Copeland
The tropics in New York / C. McKay
Trip : San Francisco ; City : San Francisco / L. Hughes
Rulers : Philadelphia / Fenton Johnson
The city called heaven / L. Hughes
The Spanish needle / C. McKay
The snail / L. Hughes
The unknown color / C. Cullen
North and south / C. McKay
Sister Lou / S. Brown
Aunt Jane Allen ; The banjo player / F. Johnson - - Alabama earth (At Booker Washington's grave) / L. Hughes
For a lady I know / C. Cullen.
Notes:
(Cont) After winter / S. Brown -- Winter sweetness / L. Hughes -- My little dreams / G.D. Johnson -- For a poet / C. Cullen -- Dreams / L. Hughes -- The day breakers / A. Bontemps.
Originally issued in 1958 under title: Negro poetry for young people (Folkways: FC 7114).
Program notes and texts in original container.
Smithsonian/Folkways: SF 45044; on original container: C-SF 45044.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
SF 45044
OCLC:
698169228
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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