Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)

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Arna Bontemps was the author of 25 books of poetry, history, biography, fiction and anthologies.  Bontemps was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.  Bontemps served as head librarian at Fisk University from 1969 to 1972.  He was also curator of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters at Yale University.

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American Negro Poetry: An Anthology Arna Bontemps / Paperback / Pub. Price: $11.00 AALBC Price: $8.80 -- You Save $2.20 (20%)

Anyplace but Here Arna Bontemps,Jack Conroy / Paperback / Pub. Price: $19.95 AALBC Price: $15.96 -- You Save $3.99 (20%)

The Autobiography of an EX-Coloured Man James Weldon Johnson,Arna Bontemps / Paperback / Pub. Price: $8.00 AALBC Price: $6.40 -- You Save $1.60 (20%)

Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia, 1800 Arna Bontemps,Arnold Rampersad / Paperback / AALBC Price: $14.00 - Regular discounting not available on this title.

Father of the Blues: An Autobiography (Da Capo Press Paperback) W. C. Handy,Arna Wendell Bontemps / Paperback / Pub. Price: $13.95 AALBC Price: $11.16 -- You Save $2.79 (20%)

Great Slave Narratives Arna Bontemps / Paperback / AALBC Price: $17.00 - Regular discounting not available on this title.

One Hundred Years of Negro Freedom Arna W. Bontemps / Hardcover / AALBC Price: $59.50 - Regular discounting not available on this title.

The Pasteboard Bandit Arna Bontemps,Langston Hughes,Peggy Turley (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Pub. Price: $16.95 AALBC Price: $11.86 -- You Save $5.09 (30%)

American Negro Poetry, Revised Ed. Arna Wendell Bontemps / Paperback / AALBC Price: $10.00 - Regular discounting not available on this title.(Available in 4 - 6 Weeks / Special Order)

The Book of Negro Folklore Langston Hughes,Arna Wendell Bontemps / Paperback / AALBC Price: $12.95 - Regular discounting not available on this title.(Available in 4 - 6 Weeks / Special Order)

 

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