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
12022-01-19T11:13:32-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "A Sonnet: to the Mantled" (1917)4plain2022-07-02T08:00:30-04:0005/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-10T10:51:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1W.E.B. Du Bois, "A Litany of Atlanta" (1906)3plain2022-05-18T20:08:39-04:00Amardeep 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
12022-06-15T07:40:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lucian B. Watkins “Song of the American Dove” (1916)2plain2022-07-02T07:58:49-04:0006/01/1916Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-10T09:36:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Cora J. Ball Moten, "A Lullaby" (1914)2plain2022-06-10T09:37:36-04:0010/01/1914Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-06T10:33:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The White Ones by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-14T09:41:00-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-25T10:19:21-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Hegira by Georgia Douglas Johnson2plain2022-06-10T10:07:03-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-09T13:36:00-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1"The New Negro" (Essay by Alain Locke) (1925)2plain2022-05-19T09:51:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-26T15:56:03-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1J.W. Work, "It's Great to Be a Problem" (1920)2plain2022-05-26T15:57:20-04:0011/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:15:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The South by Langston Hughes2plain2022-01-08T12:25:31-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-19T10:59:38-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Hope" (1917)1plain2022-05-19T10:59:38-04:0010/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-17T11:34:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Charles Frederick White, "To Chicago" (1907)1plain2022-05-17T11:34:34-04:0012/01/1907Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-15T08:01:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "My Little One" (1916)1plain2022-06-15T08:01:04-04:0010/01/1916Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-19T11:01:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "The Mother" (1917)1plain2022-05-19T11:01:53-04:0010/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-02T08:15:40-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Motherhood" (1922)1plain2022-07-02T08:15:40-04:0010/01/1922Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:17:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Three Sonnets by Carrie Williams Clifford (1922)1plain2022-01-19T11:17:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-03-14T10:45:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Leslie Pinckney Hill, "Vision of a Lyncher" (1912)1plain2022-03-14T10:45:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-10T09:53:36-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Esther A. Yates “Fettered Liberty” (1915)1plain2022-06-10T09:53:36-04:0012/01/1919Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-20T10:29:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Black Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson1plain2022-01-20T10:29:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-22T07:58:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1B. Harrison Peyton, "Lo, the Dusk-Born Daughter!" (1916)1plain2022-05-22T07:58:16-04:0007/01/1916Amardeep 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
12022-05-23T09:28:12-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "An Easter Message" (1920)1plain2022-05-23T09:28:12-04:0004/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-03-14T16:25:36-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1W.E.B. Du Bois, "The Burden of Black Women" (1914)1plain2022-03-14T16:25:36-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-20T10:32:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Hope by Georgia Douglas Johnson1plain2022-01-20T10:32:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T08:34:24-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Incident (for Eric Walrond) by Countee Cullen1plain2022-01-08T08:34:24-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems in Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923)1plain2022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-03-12T06:45:22-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1"Afro-American" by Fred White (1900)1plain2022-03-12T06:45:22-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-19T10:56:05-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "My Boy" (1917)1plain2022-05-19T10:56:05-04:0010/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-06-25T07:55:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Homing Braves" (1922)1plain2022-06-25T07:55:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:07:50-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Race-Hate by Carrie Williams Clifford1plain2022-01-19T11:07:50-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-03-16T13:08:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1W.E.B. Du Bois, "Joseph Pulitzer" (1911)1plain2022-03-16T13:08:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1