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Progress & Uplift
12022-07-24T12:05:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131Progress & Uplift Tagplain2022-07-24T12:05:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems featuring themes of progress and uplift for the African American community
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12022-07-15T11:30:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Gwendolyn B. Bennett, "To Usward" (1924)5plain2023-05-12T13:15:09-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-12-13T09:21:39-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James Edward McCall, "The New Negro" (1927)1plain2022-12-13T09:21:39-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-02T10:20:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Joseph S. Cotter, "The Prophet" (1920)1plain2022-08-02T10:20:56-04:0008/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-05T09:46:07-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1L. Mattes, "To the Negro" (1925)1plain2022-08-05T09:46:07-04:0006/01/1925Amardeep 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
12022-08-18T08:49:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "The Present Age" (1896)1plain2022-08-18T08:49:04-04:00Amardeep 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