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Spanish-American War (1898)

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African American poets who were veterans of the Spanish American War:

Charles Frederick White (see our Author Page for this poet. See also his Foreword to Plea of the Negro Soldier)
Lucian B. Watkins (see our Author Page)
Richard E.S. Toomey (He was not actually deployed to Cuba, though he was in active service during the war. See Wikipedia)

Contents of this tag:

  1. Carrie Williams Clifford, "Foraker and the Twenty-Fifth" (1911)
  2. Fenton Johnson, "Ethiopia" (1915)
  3. Lucian B. Watkins, "Anita" (1907)
  4. Maurice N. Corbett, "The Cuban War" (1914)
  5. Richard E.S. Toomey, "Progression's Appeal" (1901)
  6. T. Grant Gilmore, "The Twenty-Fifth Infantry" (1907)
  7. Olivia Ward Bush Banks, "A Hero of San Juan [Hill]" (1899)
  8. Charles Frederick White, "The Eighth Returning from Cuba" (1899/1908)
  9. Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., "Dem Phillupeeners" (1909)
  10. Colonel Charles Young, "A Latter-Day Eden" (1902)
  11. Charles Frederick White, "One Year Ago" (1900/1908)
  12. James Ephraim McGirt, "Siege of Santiago" (1900)
  13. Charles Frederick White, "Plea of the Negro Soldier" (1907/1908)
  14. James Ephraim McGirt, "The Stars and Stripes Shall Never Trail the Dust" (1900)
  15. Joseph G. Bryant, "The Tenth Cavalry, U.S.A." (1907)
  16. Lucian B. Watkins, "Autobiography" (From "Voices of Solitude" (1907)
  17. Maurice N. Corbett, "Cuba" (1914)
  18. John Wesley Holloway, "San Juan!" (1919)
  19. Aubrey Bowser, "The Brown and the Blue" (1909)
  20. Raymond Garfield Dandridge, "Blacks in Blue" (1917)
  21. Maurice N. Corbett, "Philippine War" (1914)
  22. Katherine D. Tillman, "The Black Boys in Blue" (1902)
  23. Frances E.W. Harper, "Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying" (1898)
  24. James Weldon Johnson, "The Color Sergeant" (1917)
  25. Frank B. Coffin, "Maceo--Cuba's Liberator" (1897)
  26. Richard E.S. Toomey, "Allegory: The Battle of Manila -- The First of May" (1901)
  27. Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., "The Negro's Loyalty" (1898)
  28. Carrie Law Morgan Figgs, "The Negro Has Played His Part" (1920)
  29. James T. Franklin, "Battle of Manilla" (1900)
  30. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, "New Wars" (1900)
  31. Charles Frederick White, "The Eighth Illinois in Cuba" (1899/1908)
  32. James Ephraim McGirt, "Avenging the Maine" (1900)
  33. Alonzo Milton Skrine, "The Negro's Worth" (1900)
  34. Charles Frederick White, "The Negro Volunteer" (1899)
  35. James Ephraim McGirt, "The Memory of Maceo" (1900)
  36. H.T. Johnson, "The Black Man's Burden" (1904)
  37. Charles Frederick White, "A Historical Review" (1899/1908)
  38. James Ephraim McGirt, 'The Siege of Manila" (1900)
  39. Julius C. Wright, "The Colored Heroes in Blue" (1906)