African American Poetry: A Digital AnthologyMain MenuFull Text Collection: Books Published by African American Poets, 1870-1928Long list of 100+ full texts books of poetry available on this "Anthology"Author Pages: Bios and Full Text CollectionsList of African American poets onAfrican American Periodical Poetry (1900-1928)A collection of African Amerian Periodical Poetry, mostly focused on 1900-1928Areas of Interest: Topics and ThemesAfrican American Poetry: Anthologies of the 1920sPoetry by African American Women (1890-1930): A Reader and GuideOpen access textbook introducing readers to Poetry by Black WomenExploring Datasets related to African American poetryAbout This Site: Mission Statement, Contributors, and Recent UpdatesAn account of the history and evolution of this site by the site editor.Further Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:00:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Proem" ["The Negro"] (1922)8Introductory poem in "The Weary Blues" (1926)plain2024-01-12T10:16:40-05:00Amardeep 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
12022-01-08T08:55:13-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "Heritage" (1925)6Countee Cullen's poem -- as printed in "Color" (1925)plain2025-01-11T16:35:13-05:00Amardeep 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
12022-08-15T14:46:08-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Gwendolyn B. Bennett, "Heritage" (1923)2plain2024-07-16T13:55:12-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-05T09:15:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James A. Atkins, "The First Wireless Message" (1925)2plain2024-05-03T14:02:59-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-11T15:09:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Arna Bontemps, "Golgotha Is a Mountain" (1926)2plain2024-03-12T10:25:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-25T12:03:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Virginia P. Jackson, "Africa" (1919)2plain2022-05-25T12:06:18-04:0002/01/1919Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-10T11:58:05-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45Anonymous, "A Remarkable Epitaph" (1907)2plain2024-07-10T12:21:17-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12022-08-03T12:03:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Effie Lee Newsome, "Sun Disk" (1923)2plain2024-03-15T15:27:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-09T11:29:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "Colored Blues Singer" (1927)2plain2024-01-12T10:21:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)2plain2022-07-24T09:03:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:06:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Claude McKay, "On a Primitive Canoe" (1922)2plain2024-03-29T07:44:43-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-07-21T09:18:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ethel Trew Dunlap, "Four Million Strong" (1921)1plain2022-07-21T09:18:53-04:0003/05/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-26T20:44:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Gladys May Casely-Hayford, "The Serving Girl" (1927)1plain2024-06-26T20:44:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-26T13:44:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine D. Tillman, "Oh Africa!" (1902)1plain2024-07-26T13:44:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-29T15:20:33-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Walter Everette Hawkins, "Ode to Ethiopia" (1909)1plain2024-05-29T15:20:33-04:00Amardeep 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
12023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "The New Day" (1922)1plain2023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-11T13:37:58-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45Azalia E. Martin, "A Song to Afric's Great" (1903)1plain2024-07-11T13:37:58-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
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
12024-03-28T13:35:47-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Walter Everette Hawkins, "I Am Africa" (1928)1plain2024-03-28T13:35:47-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:25:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "Soldiers of the Dusk" (1915)1plain2022-07-12T10:25:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-12T12:33:45-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45T. Thomas Fortune, “The Pyramids” (1906)1plain2024-07-12T12:33:45-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45