African American Poetry (1870-1928): 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: Mission Statement, Contributors, and Recent UpdatesFurther Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-10T15:32:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "A Little Dreaming" (Full Text) (1913)3plain2023-12-20T13:41:33-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-25T10:19:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "The Hegira" (1917)3plain2023-05-13T15:04:26-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)3plain2024-01-12T09:26:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-17T12:16:55-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1W.E.B. Du Bois, "Song of the Smoke" (1907)2plain2022-07-17T12:28:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-06T16:07:48-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Helene Johnson, "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem" (1927)2plain2023-06-07T08:29:47-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-16T10:48:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ann Lawrence, "Raise the Pullman Men" (1925)2plain2024-04-24T14:02:37-04:0012/01/1925Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-12T15:28:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Claude McKay, "The Tired Worker" (1922)1plain2023-06-12T15:28:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Dawn in New York by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-11T13:00:50-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "A Song to a Negro Wash-woman" (1925)1plain2022-07-11T13:00:50-04:0001/01/1925Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-18T09:34:36-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Daniel Webster Davis, "The Voice of the Negro" (1904)1plain2022-08-18T09:34:36-04:0002/01/1904Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-12-21T08:10:24-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Claude McKay, "A Labourer's Life Give Me" (1912)1plain2023-12-21T08:10:24-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-05T09:46:07-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1L. Mattes, "To the Negro" (1925)1plain2022-08-05T09:46:07-04:0006/01/1925Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-03-27T16:59:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Allison Davis, "Gospel For Those Who Must" (1928)1plain2024-03-27T16:59:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-11T13:39:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lewis Alexander, "The Black Pageant" (1927)1plain2024-04-11T13:39:54-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-08-26T09:20:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Claude McKay, "The Tired Worker" (1922)1plain2022-08-26T09:20:22-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-08-05T16:00:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frank Horne, "My Words" (1926)1plain2022-08-05T16:00:30-04:0005/01/1926Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-13T22:08:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Alonzo Milton Skrine, "The Negro's Worth" (1900)1plain2024-04-13T22:08:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-27T18:00:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Edward S. Silvera, "South Street" (1927)1plain2023-05-27T18:00:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-02-10T08:15:26-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Claude McKay, "Quashie to Buccra" (1912)1plain2024-02-10T08:15:26-05:00Amardeep 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
12022-08-09T09:40:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1W.E.B. Du Bois, "Children of the Moon" (1920)1plain2022-08-09T09:40:02-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-07-24T12:06:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maggie Pogue Johnson, "The Negro Has a Chance" (1910)1plain2022-07-24T12:06:00-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On the Road by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1