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Abraham Lincoln

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Poems by African American writers celebrating Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth President of the United States. Lincoln, as is well-known, led the Union in the Civil War, and signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. He is credited as being the person most responsible for ending the institution of slavery that had dominated the U.S. social and political system since the country's founding. 

His tragic death at the hands of a supporter of the Confederacy turned him into an even more heroic figure. 

For many African American writers, he is a figure who elicits great respect, even reverence. Those feelings of respect and reverence can be seen in the poems below. 

Contents of this tag:

  1. Albery A. Whitman, "Not a Man, Yet a Man" (full text) (1877)
  2. T. Thomas Fortune, "Lincoln" (1902)
  3. Alexander F. Chamberlain, "Abraham Lincoln" (1907)
  4. Maurice N. Corbett, "Emancipation Proclamation and Arming of Blacks" (1914)
  5. Carrie Williams Clifford, "Lincoln" (1922)
  6. Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, "Unchained 1863" (1914)
  7. Edward Smyth Jones, "The Sylvan Cabin: A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln" (1911)
  8. Langston Hughes, "Lincoln Monument" (1927)
  9. H. Cordelia Ray, "Lincoln" (1909)
  10. Charles Frederick White, "In Honor Of Lincoln" (1896/ 1908)
  11. Raymond Garfield Dandridge, "Lincoln" (1917)
  12. Raymond Garfield Dandridge, "Emancipators" (1917)
  13. George Reginald Margetson, "Abraham Lincoln" (1928)
  14. Anonymous, “Lincoln” (1903)
  15. Frank B. Coffin, "Only" (1897)
  16. Hezekiah Butterworth, "Inspiration" (1903)
  17. Frank B. Coffin, "Lincoln's Call" (1897)
  18. James Weldon Johnson, "Father, Father Abraham" (1913)
  19. Katherine D. Tillman, "The Annual Celebration" (1902)
  20. James Weldon Johnson, "Father, Father Abraham" (1917)