african american authors

Presents a collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity.

An illustrated collection of poetry by such African-American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield,and Lucille Clifton.

A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible.

Presents a collection of poems by African-American poets, including Lucille Clifton, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Elizabeth Alexander.

A collection of twenty poems of the Harlem Renaissance by leaders of the cultural movement including Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and James Weldon along with brief profiles of each poet.

Contains thirty-six poems written by eleven pioneering African-American poets, including Phillis Wheatley, James Weldon Johnson, and Gwendolyn Brooks, and includes brief biographies of each featured author.

An anthology of a wide range of African-American literature including folklore, history, poetry, and biography, all intended to be read aloud to children.

Poems on aspects of race or racial problems by well-known African-American poets, including Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, and Maya Angelou.

A compilation of poems reflecting thoughts on being black, by such authors as Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni, and Imamu Amiri Baraka.