African American Poetry: A Digital AnthologyMain MenuFull Text Collection: Books Published by African American Poets, 1870-1928Long list of 100+ full texts books of poetry available on this "Anthology"Author Pages: Bios and Full Text CollectionsList of African American poets onAfrican American Periodical Poetry (1900-1928)A collection of African Amerian Periodical Poetry, mostly focused on 1900-1928Areas of Interest: Topics and ThemesAfrican American Poetry: Anthologies of the 1920sPoetry by African American Women (1890-1930): A Reader and GuideOpen access textbook introducing readers to Poetry by Black WomenExploring Datasets related to African American poetryAbout This Site: Mission Statement, Contributors, and Recent UpdatesAn account of the history and evolution of this site by the site editor.Further Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-05T15:00:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Langston Hughes, "Proem" ["The Negro"] (1922)8Introductory poem in "The Weary Blues" (1926)plain2024-01-12T10:16:40-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-16T11:32:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Chapter 1b: Revisiting American History via Poetry, 1890-18996Chapter 1, Section b of Poetry by African American Women: A Reader and Guideplain2024-07-23T15:22:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-26T09:36:40-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "Bury Me in a Free Land' (1858)4plain2024-06-26T14:13:13-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:05:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "Lincoln" (1922)3plain2024-01-12T07:09:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:47:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ode to Ethiopia by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)3plain2024-01-12T09:26:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-09T07:08:20-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Olivia Ward Bush Banks, "Crispus Attucks" (1899)2plain2024-06-20T10:24:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-12T12:26:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maurice N. Corbett, "Negroes Contrabands of War" (1914)2plain2024-07-22T16:23:36-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12022-06-11T07:51:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Countee Cullen, "Three Hundred Years Ago" (1925)2plain2022-06-11T07:52:33-04:0004/01/1925Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-18T16:44:31-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frederick Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896)2plain2024-04-24T19:44:20-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-17T13:00:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "Eliza Harris" (1853/1854)2Poem by Frances E.W. Harper first published in Frederick Douglass' Paper, December 1853plain2024-06-26T08:07:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-05-24T09:01:21-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James Madison Bell, "The Triumph of Liberty" (1870)2plain2023-05-24T09:22:50-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:17:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Three Sonnets by Carrie Williams Clifford (1922)2plain2025-04-20T15:38:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-12T12:10:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maurice N. Corbett, "Frederick Douglass" (1914)2plain2024-07-22T16:22:22-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12023-05-24T11:28:23-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "Lines to Garrison" (1911)2plain2024-01-12T09:42:06-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-02T12:34:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Charles Bertram Johnson, "An Old Ex-Slave" (1921)2plain2024-04-16T09:01:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-12T12:31:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Maurice N. Corbett, "Negro Labor Changed Dixie" (1914)2plain2024-07-22T16:23:06-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12024-07-02T08:50:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sarah Lee Brown Fleming, "Pictures" (1920)1plain2024-07-02T08:50:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-11-21T09:56:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "Songs of the Soil" (1916) (Full text)1plain2022-11-21T09:56:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Poems in Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923)1plain2022-01-14T12:45:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:23:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "The Soul of Boston" (1915)1plain2022-07-12T10:23:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-17T13:14:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "The Fugitive's Wife" (1854)1plain2024-05-17T13:14:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-18T09:07:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frank B. Coffin, "Only" (1897)1plain2023-06-18T09:07:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-12T12:56:37-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45James D. Corrothers, "Juny at the Gate" (1902)1plain2024-07-12T12:56:37-04:00Sarah Thompsone3d3ad1a94808ed1bf8d547ed195e5acd8b63d45
12022-12-07T11:11:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Song of the Son" (1922)1plain2022-12-07T11:11:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:26:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "Slave Death Song" (1915)1plain2022-07-12T10:26:57-04:00Amardeep 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
12023-06-18T09:25:09-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frank B. Coffin, "Lincoln's Call" (1897)1plain2023-06-18T09:25:09-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-12-13T13:40:28-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James Weldon Johnson, "Let My People Go" (1927)1plain2022-12-13T13:40:28-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-01T10:02:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1T. Thomas Fortune, "Sadie Fontaine" (1905)1plain2023-06-01T10:02:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-26T13:01:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1James D. Corrothers, "The Snapping of the Bow" (1901)1plain2024-04-26T13:01:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "The New Day" (1922)1plain2023-03-06T10:37:20-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-29T15:23:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Walter Everette Hawkins, "The Black Soldiers" (1909)1plain2024-05-29T15:23:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-26T12:56:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine D. Tillman, "Our Cause" (1902)1plain2024-07-26T12:56:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-19T14:04:20-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rosalie Jonas, "The Octoroon Ball" (1911)1plain2022-05-19T14:04:20-04:0003/01/1911Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-26T12:58:11-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine D. Tillman, "A Hymn of Praise" (1902)1plain2024-07-26T12:58:11-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-02-08T13:57:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1T. Thomas Fortune, "The Bird Has Vanished" (1905)1plain2024-02-08T13:57:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-28T12:06:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1T. Thomas Fortune, "Nat Turner" (1884)1plain2022-07-28T12:06:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-22T10:57:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Aaron Belford Thompson, "The Chain of Bondage" (1899)1plain2024-07-22T10:57:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12023-06-07T09:46:23-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lucian B. Watkins, "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1907)1plain2023-06-07T09:46:23-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-17T12:57:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "The Slave Mother" (1854)1plain2024-05-17T12:57:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-20T07:10:38-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Priscilla Jane Thompson, "Freedom at McNealy's" (1900)1plain2024-06-20T07:10:38-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T09:18:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ethel Trew Dunlap, "Four Million Strong" (1921)1plain2022-07-21T09:18:53-04:0003/05/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-07-26T13:38:14-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Katherine D. Tillman, "Seeking the Lost" (1902)1plain2024-07-26T13:38:14-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-04-13T21:59:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Augustus M. Hodges, "The Christmas Reunion" (1900)1plain2024-04-13T21:59:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T09:50:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ethel Trew Dunlap, "In Respect to Marcus Garvey" (1921)1plain2022-07-21T09:50:43-04:0003/05/1921Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-08-18T10:23:12-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Henry Davis Middleton, "The Door" (1904)1plain2022-08-18T10:23:12-04:0005/01/1904Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-12T10:20:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fenton Johnson, "The Creed of the Slave" (19151plain2022-07-12T10:20:18-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-05-17T13:09:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Frances E.W. Harper, "The Slave Auction" (1854)1plain2024-05-17T13:09:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12024-06-20T10:16:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sarah Louisa Forten, "The Grave of the Slave" (1831)1Poem by Sarah Forten (Sarah Louisa Forten)plain2024-06-20T10:16:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-17T11:34:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Charles Frederick White, "To Chicago" (1907)1plain2022-05-17T11:34:34-04:0012/01/1907Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-07-21T17:12:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Gwendolyn B. Bennett, "Song" (1925)1plain2022-07-21T17:12:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1