African American Poetry (1870-1927): A Digital AnthologyMain MenuFull Text Collection: Books Published by African American Poets, 1870-1927Author Pages: Bios and Full Text CollectionsAreas of Interest: Topics and ThemesThe Beginnings of the Harlem Renaissance: Overview and Timeline of Key EventsBlack Poetry Before the Harlem Renaissance: Overview and TimelinePeriodicals: African American Poetry Published in MagazinesAfrican American Poetry: Anthologies of the 1920sExploring Datasets related to African American poetryAbout This Site: Origins and a Mission StatementFurther Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:14:17-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (1921)7plain2022-07-08T10:20:43-04:0006/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:00:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Proem" ["The Negro"] (1922)6Introductory poem in "The Weary Blues" (1926)plain2022-07-11T14:38:52-04:0001/01/1922Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-06T10:30:45-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Lament for Dark Peoples" (1924)3plain2022-08-04T12:24:47-04:0006/01/1924Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T09:30:03-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1H. Percival Welsh, "A Call to Race Manhood" (1921)3plain2023-05-14T16:01:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)2plain2022-07-24T09:03:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "The New Day" (1922)1plain2023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-11T15:09:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Arna Bontemps, "Golgotha Is a Mountain" (1926)1plain2022-07-11T15:09:18-04:0006/01/1926Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-09T11:29:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "Colored Blues Singer" (1927)1plain2023-05-09T11:29:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:49:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Cecelia Elizabeth, "The Lay of the Nile" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:49:32-04:0007/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:25:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "Soldiers of the Dusk" (1915)1plain2022-07-12T10:25:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-05T09:15:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James A. Atkins, "The First Wireless Message" (1925)1plain2022-08-05T09:15:25-04:0007/01/1925Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:04:41-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Africa by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:04:41-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:06:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On a Primitive Canoe by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:06:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-24T13:33:24-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lucian B. Watkins, "Star of Ethiopia" (1918)1plain2022-06-24T13:33:24-04:0008/01/1918Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-16T10:27:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Edgar L. Silvera, "Black Glory Dead!" (1925)1plain2022-08-16T10:27:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T09:18:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ethel Trew Dunlap, "Four Million Strong" (1921)1plain2022-07-21T09:18:53-04:0003/05/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-22T10:18:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maurice N. Corbett, "Liberia" (1914)1plain2023-06-22T10:18:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-03T12:03:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Effie Lee Newsome, "Sun Disk" (1923)1plain2022-08-03T12:03:00-04:0006/01/1923Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T09:50:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ethel Trew Dunlap, "In Respect to Marcus Garvey" (1921)1plain2022-07-21T09:50:43-04:0003/05/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1