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
12022-01-05T15:04:30-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "To Midnight Nan at Leroy's" (1926)5plain2024-01-09T10:43:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:08:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Song for a Banjo Dance" (1922)4plain2024-01-09T10:53:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:02:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "The Cat and the Saxophone" (1925)4plain2024-01-09T10:37:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:11:27-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Fantasy in Purple" (1926)3plain2022-08-16T12:23:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-16T11:10:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1George Franklin Proctor, "A Poster" (1925)3plain2024-04-11T13:20:35-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-06T10:14:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Harlem Night Song" (1926)3plain2022-08-16T12:24:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T13:54:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "The Negro Singer" (1913)3plain2022-08-16T12:35:05-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-09T11:29:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "Colored Blues Singer" (1927)2plain2024-01-12T10:21:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-15T07:40:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lucian B. Watkins “Song of the American Dove” (1916)2plain2022-07-02T07:58:49-04:0006/01/1916Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-20T10:03:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "The Black Man's Soul" (1915)2plain2022-05-20T10:04:01-04:0010/01/1915Amardeep 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
12022-05-30T07:45:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "Up! Sing the Song" (1913)1plain2022-05-30T07:45:43-04:0005/01/1913Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-26T08:05:06-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lewis Alexander, "Day and Night" (1927)1plain2023-05-26T08:05:06-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-30T08:33:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "Listen, O Isles!" (1914)1plain2022-05-30T08:33:18-04:0006/01/1914Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-30T13:49:55-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Eva A. Jessye, "The Singer" (1923)1plain2023-05-30T13:49:55-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T17:12:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Gwendolyn B. Bennett, "Song" (1925)1plain2022-07-21T17:12:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-03-05T11:51:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1George Leonard Allen, "To a Negro Musician" (1927)1plain2024-03-05T11:51:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-12T12:32:26-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Nocturne for the Drums" (1927)1plain2024-04-12T12:32:26-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-23T12:53:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Roscoe Wright, "When a Jazz Band Plays" (1928)1plain2024-04-23T12:53:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-24T13:36:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Otto Bohanan, "God Gave Us Song" (1918)1plain2022-06-24T13:36:45-04:0009/01/1918Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems in Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923)1plain2022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:26:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "Slave Death Song" (1915)1plain2022-07-12T10:26:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1