Commissioned by the Gregg Smith Singers for their 50th anniversary celebration.
12 In Julian Mayfield's novel The Hit for a large number of Harlemites the Godot of their daily life is a numbers banker named John Lewis of whom one of the characters says , “ John Lewis never really comes .
Twenty-three stories and poems by African-American authors are retold in graphic novel format.
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... LANGSTON ) from South Carolina , Thomas E. Miller and George W. Murray ( Enter MILLER and MURRAY ) And from North Carolina , James E. O'Hara , Henry The Ballot and Me 469 Part 5: Radio Plays.
Instead, 20,000 people met in New York's Madison Square Garden to hail Randolph's leadership and to pledge continued support to his efforts for full employment without discrimination. Certainly the doors of industry had been opened to ...
The great Negro actor , Nash Walker , of " Bon Bon Buddy , the Chocolate Drop " fame , had lived in Lawrence too . And my Uncle Nat ( before he died ) had taught him music , long before I was born . I saw Nash Walker only once , because ...
This is from Your boon coon, Kite And the last word were spelled wrong, p-l-e-s-e for please. Nothing there, just ignorance, talking about 'your boon coon.' But I looked so hurted on purpose until Joyce cried out loud.
A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
The Mitchell Case I see by the papers Where Mitchell's won his case . Down South the railroads now Must give us equal space . Even if we're rich enough To want a Pullman car , The Supreme Court says we get itAnd a diner and a bar !
They don't want us up there with them, even when we're respectable like Dr. Mitchell, or smart like Dr. Du Bois. . . . And guys like Jap Logan—well, Jap don't care anyway! Maybe it's best not to care, and stay poor and meek waiting for ...
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Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too? (A Negro Fighting Man's Letter to America) Over There, World War II. Dear Fellow Americans, I write this letter Hoping times will be better When this war Is through. I'm a Tan-skinned Yank Driving a tank.
For use in teaching literature to high school students.
Burroughs selected the source texts, cut them up, and juxtaposed the fragments to select random word combinations and create new compositions.
Let Willie Mays live in Levittown and Casey Stengel live in Ghana if he so desires. And let me drink at the Stork Club if I get tired of Small's Paradise. Open house before open skies. After which comes peace, which you can't have nohow ...
Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America—the poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career.
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes. Contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.
A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.