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Poetry for Children
12022-07-22T09:20:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12132Poetry for Children Tagplain2022-07-28T12:14:10-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The majority of the materials linked to below are from The Brownies' Book, a magazine published by W.E.B. Du Bois, with Jessie Fauset as the Managing Editor.
However, there is also an important anthology called The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainerpublished in 1920, which is marketed to "youthful" readers (though it is not exactly "children's literature").
12022-08-19T15:52:41-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1"The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children" (1920)3plain2022-08-19T16:27:25-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-07-23T07:45:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "The Laments of a Vanquished Beau" (1921)1plain2022-07-23T07:45:56-04:0008/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:27:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jessie Fauset, "Dedication (The Brownies' Book)" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:27:54-04:0001/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:51:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "The Children's Manual" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:51:30-04:0007/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:31:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jessie Fauset, "The Story of George Washington" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:31:25-04:0002/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:54:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "Ideals" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:54:54-04:0008/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-23T07:53:13-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Those Who Have No Turkey" (1921)1plain2022-07-23T07:53:13-04:0011/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:33:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Yetta Kay Stoddard, "E Pluribus Unum" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:33:22-04:0003/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:35:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jessie Fauset, "At the Zoo" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:35:54-04:0003/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T10:03:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Annette Browne, "Little Brown Boy" (1921)1plain2022-07-22T10:03:42-04:0001/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:37:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "The Ancestor" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:37:54-04:0004/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:39:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "A Kindergarten Song" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:39:39-04:0004/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T10:06:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lucian B. Watkins, "Little Black Boy" (1921)1plain2022-07-22T10:06:30-04:0001/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:46:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Madeline G. Allison, "Children of the Sun" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:46:01-04:0005/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-23T07:37:17-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "Poems" (1921)1plain2022-07-23T07:37:17-04:0005/01/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:25:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James Weldon Johnson, "The Tale of a Kitten" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:25:39-04:0001/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-22T09:47:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Brown Eyes" (1920)1plain2022-07-22T09:47:31-04:0005/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1