Poetry from the Masters: The Pioneers
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ISBN: 0940975963
Format: Paperback, 88pp
Pub. Date: October 2003
Publisher: Just Us Books

by Wade Hudson, Stephen J. Hudson (Illustrator)

Surveying more than 200 years of poetic creativity in Black America, Poetry from the Masters: The Pioneers introduces the work of early Black poets who helped to establish an African-American poetic tradition.

This volume offers a diverse collection of 36 poems penned by 11 of the most talented writers in our nation's history.  The poems are introduced by biographies that explore the scope and content of each poet's work, as well as his or her historical significance and impact on the literary world.

Meet the Pioneers of African-American poetry:

Phillis Wheatley
Francis Ellen Harper
James Weldon Johnson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Claude McKay
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Sterling Brown
Margaret Walker
Gwendolyn Brooks

illustrated by Stephan J. Hudson