The scene / edited by Alma Murray and Robert Thomas ; illustrated by Mal Cann, Leo Carty, Ronald Flemmings, George Ford and Charles Lilly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Alma, editor.

Thomas, Robert, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Scholastic black literature series

The Scholastic Black literature series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors.

American literature.

American poetry--African American authors.

American poetry.

American fiction--African American authors.

American fiction.

American drama--African American authors.

American drama.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

187 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic Book Services, 1971.

Contents:

Motto / Langston Hughes

Part One: Talking Black. The Soul Thing (from Manchild in the Promised Land) / Claude Brown; But He Was Cool: or he even stopped for green lights / Don L. Lee; Jack and the Devil's Daughter / Julius Lester

Part Two: Sounds of Blackness. Lift Every Voice and Sing / James Weldon Johnson; How John Boscoe Outsung the Devil / Arthur P. Davis; When Malindy Sings / Paul Laurence Dunbar; Good Morning Blues / Anonymous; From: Soul Brothers and Sister Lou / Kristin Hunter

Part Three: Black Is. Black Is (from Invisible Man) / Ralph Ellison; Nikki Rosa / Nikki Giovanni; Brother Carlyle / William Melvin Kelley; The Whipping / Robert Hayden; Soul Food / LeRoi Jones; How the Snake Got His Rattles / Julius Lester; Learning the Hard Way (From Autobiography of Malcolm X) / Malcolm X; The Rat (from Native Son) / Richard Wright; Southern Cop / Sterling Brown

Part Four: The Black Feeling. A Raisin in the Sun (Abridge) / Lorraine Hansberry; No Images / Waring Cuney; Yet Do I Marvel / Countee Cullen; The Angel of the Candy Counter (from I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings) / Maya Angelou; Blackberry Sweet / Dudley Randall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-192).

"Published in cooperation with Los Angeles City Schools"--Cover.

"All of the works contained in this anthology were written by Black authors, illustrations were done by Black illustrators and photographers, and the materials were compiled by Black editors."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "1st printing April 1971".

Other Format:

Online version: Scene.

OCLC:

1167405