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The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics)

by James Weldon Johnson

The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics) James Weldon Johnson 9780812975321 Fiction Modern Library Penguin Random House “A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitiv...

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James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson 0000000120206864 James Weldon Johnson was a legendary civil rights activist, renowned author, and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. His diverse career spans roles as a U.S. c...

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Sondra Kathryn Wilson

Sondra Kathryn Wilson NONE Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson was a senior associate at Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, founder of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation, and executor of Johnson’s literary e...

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James Weldon Johnson: Writings

by James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson: Writings James Weldon Johnson 9781931082525 Fiction Library of America Library of America "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" (1912), James Weldon Johnson’s first book and t...

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Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade

by Yohuru Williams

Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade Yohuru Williams 9781665902786 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. A moving and inspiring nonfiction ...

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The Book of American Negro Poetry

by James Weldon Johnson

The Book of American Negro Poetry James Weldon Johnson 9781605975306 Poetry Book Jungle Book Jungle James Weldon Johnson is the editor of The Book of American Negro Poetry. Johnson compiled this work ...

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God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)

by James Weldon Johnson

God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics) James Weldon Johnson 9780143105411 Poetry Penguin Classics Penguin Random House Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems ...

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In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins (1920-1977)

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins (1920-1977) Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9780195116335 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University P...

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The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I: New York Age Editorials (1914-1923)

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Volume I: New York Age Editorials (1914-1923) Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9780195076448 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press James Weldon...

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Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)

by James Weldon Johnson

Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) James Weldon Johnson 9780141185453 Poetry Penguin Classics Penguin Random House 2000 marks the centenary of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," James Weldon Johnson’s most f...

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Black Manhattan

by James Weldon Johnson

Black Manhattan James Weldon Johnson 9780306804311 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harle...

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Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)

by James Weldon Johnson

Creation (25th Anniversary Edition) James Weldon Johnson 9780823455874 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House The Creation is a beloved picture book adaptation of James Weldon Johnson’s famous poem from ...

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

by James Weldon Johnson

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson 9780486285122 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson...

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The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)

by James Ransome

The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition) James Ransome 9780823440252 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House An award-winning retelling of the Biblical creation story from a star of the Harlem Renaissance ...

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Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

by Carl Van Vechten

Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection Carl Van Vechten 9780820315584 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press What mak...

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

by James Weldon Johnson

Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson 9781681199559 Nonfiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing

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Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood

by Patricia C. Mckissack

Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood Patricia C. Mckissack 9780375870880 Fiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Childr...

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Fifty Years & Other Poems

by James Weldon Johnson

Fifty Years & Other Poems James Weldon Johnson 9781355222736 Poetry Palala Press Palala Press This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base o...

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

by James Weldon Johnson

Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson 9780060541477 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier, a stunning new picture book version of the well-known ...

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The Creation

by James Weldon Johnson

The Creation James Weldon Johnson 9780823410699 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible.

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Survey Graphic: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro

by Alain Locke

Survey Graphic: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro Alain Locke 9780933121058 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Celebrate the Centennial of Survey Graphic, with with Jeffrey C. Stewart and...

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Walter White

Walter White 0000000081462565 “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Explore A.J. Baime's 2022 autobiograp...

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Sincerely Speaking Spiritually

by Robert Fleming

Sincerely Speaking Spiritually Robert Fleming Book Review Like many successful self-help books, Sincerely Speaking Spiritually, celebrates verses of faith and inspiration in the Holy Word. Its author...

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Black Voices

by Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X

Black Voices Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X 978045152782...

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Mommy Time

by Monique James-Duncan

Mommy Time Monique James-Duncan 9781536212266 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press A vibrant, deeply researched biography of A’Lelia Walker—daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and herself a centra...

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Jessie Redmon Fauset

Jessie Redmon Fauset 0000000121319502 Jessie Redmon Fauset was a prominent literary editor for Crisis magazine (1919-1926) and The Brownie's Book (1920-1921). Her first novel, 'There is Confusion', w...

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Alain Locke: An Introduction

by Charles Molesworth

Alain Locke: An Introduction Charles Molesworth Excerpt ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1)      Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study ...

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JAX Urban Book Festival

JAX Urban Book Festival James Weldon Johnson Park Jacksonville Florida The JAX Urban Book Festival (JUBF) is an annual celebration of literature, culture, and community held each January as part of DR...

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Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance

by A’Lelia Bundles

Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance A’Lelia Bundles 9781416544425 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A vibrant, deeply researched biography of A’Lelia Walker—da...

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May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem

by Imani Perry

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem Imani Perry 9781469666099 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press The twin acts of singing and fig...

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Bethune: Out of Darkness Into the Light of Freedom: Mary’s Grandbabies

by Evelyn Bethune

Bethune: Out of Darkness Into the Light of Freedom: Mary’s Grandbabies Evelyn Bethune 9781946566119 Nonfiction Bethune Group Bethune Group This book is about the hunger to be free. It’s a love story, ...

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These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship

by A Yemisi Jimoh and Francoise Hamlin

These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship A Yemisi Jimoh and Francoise Hamlin 9780813060224 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of...

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The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry

by Rita Dove

The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry Rita Dove 9780143121480 Poetry Penguin Books Penguin Random House In time for the holiday season, a beautiful paperback edition of Penguin’s ...

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Harlem Renaissance

by Nathan Huggins

Harlem Renaissance Nathan Huggins 9780195063363 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as &q...

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Soulscript: A Collection Of Classic African American Poetry (Harlem Moon Classics)

by June Jordan

Soulscript: A Collection Of Classic African American Poetry (Harlem Moon Classics) June Jordan 9780767918466 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House Black poets from the early twentieth century and onward c...

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Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry

by Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry Ashley Bryan 9780689840456 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. "And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and sai...

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The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9780756905583 Fiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning After its start in 1910, The Cri...

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The Jazz Cadence of American Culture

by Robert G. O’Meally

The Jazz Cadence of American Culture Robert G. O’Meally 9780231104494 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press A comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on t...

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Caroling Dusk: An Anthology Of Verse By Black Poets Of The Twenties

by Countee Cullen

Caroling Dusk: An Anthology Of Verse By Black Poets Of The Twenties Countee Cullen 9780806513492 Poetry Citadel Press Kensington Publishing Corp. This selection from the work of thirty-eight poets was...

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African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Joan R. Sherman

African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions) Joan R. Sherman 9780486296043 Poetry Dover Publications Dover Publications Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religiou...

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Up South: Stories, Studies, and Letters of African American Migrations

by Malaika Adero

Up South: Stories, Studies, and Letters of African American Migrations Malaika Adero 9781565841680 Fiction The New Press The New Press Perhaps the greatest migration in America’s history is the early ...

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Black Southern Voices: An Anthology

by John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward

Black Southern Voices: An Anthology John Oliver Killens and Jerry W. Ward 9780452010963 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House This sweeping anthology celebrates the richly textured black voices of the...

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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative

by Valerie Smith

Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative Valerie Smith 9780674800885 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press In this perceptive exploration of the relationship betw...

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Arna Bontemps

Arna Bontemps 0000000108744969 Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) was a significant Harlem Renaissance figure and author of 25 diverse books. He served as the head librarian at Fisk University and curator of ...

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Eric Darnell Pritchard

Eric Darnell Pritchard NONE Eric Darnell Pritchard is a writer, teacher, and Black queer alchemist originally from Queens, New York. Raised in Black feminist abundance by grandmother, mother, and au...

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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea

by Linda Watkins

Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Linda Watkins Book Review Everyone knows that poetry is opinionated, subjective and sometimes downright confusing. I was delighted to find that the problem of comprehensi...

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