African American Poetry (1870-1926): A Digital AnthologyMain MenuBy Author"The Crisis": a Collection of PoemsThe Crisis TagLangston Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (full text) (1926)Countee Cullen, "Color" (1925)Full text of book of poetry published by Countee Cullen, 1925Claude McKay, "Harlem Shadows" (1922)Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Bronze" (Full Text) (1922)Full text of Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Bronze," with a Preface by W.E.B. Du Bois"The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922) Ed. James W. Johnson"The New Negro: an Interpretation." Anthology Edited by Alain Locke (1925)Other Poets: full text collectionsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:00:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1"Proem" by Langston Hughes3Introductory poem in "The Weary Blues" (1926)plain2022-01-08T11:52:55-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-25T10:19:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Hegira by Georgia Douglas Johnson2plain2022-06-10T10:07:03-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-10T15:32:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "A Little Dreaming" (Full Text) (1913)2plain2022-01-16T22:08:45-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-18T14:21:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "In the Matter of Two Men" (1915)1plain2022-05-18T14:21:53-04:0001/01/1915Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-06T16:05:38-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jasper Ross, "King Cotton and the Negro" (1914)1plain2022-06-06T16:05:38-04:0009/01/1914Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems in Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923)1plain2022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-15T07:30:17-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine Gillard, "Just a Little Tired" (1916)1plain2022-06-15T07:30:17-04:0003/01/1916Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896)1plain2022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-15T07:43:52-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Otto Bohanan, "The Washer-Woman" (1916)1plain2022-06-15T07:43:52-04:0006/01/1916Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T08:19:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Atlantic City Waiter by Countee Cullen1plain2022-01-08T08:19:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:09:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Spring in New Hampshire by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:09:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-24T07:40:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Edwin J. Morgan, "Rhapsody" (1917)1plain2022-06-24T07:40:56-04:0001/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T10:05:29-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1For a Lady I Know by Countee Cullen1plain2022-01-08T10:05:29-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On the Road by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Dawn in New York by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1