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The Book of American Negro Poetry by Otto Leyland Bohanan, Alex Rogers, James Weldon Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Benjamin Griffith Brawley, Joshua Henry Jones Jr., Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr., William H.A. Moore, John Wesley Holloway, James D. Corrothers, Theodore Henry Shackelford, George Reginald Margetson, James Edwin Campbell, Charles Bertram Johnson, Lucian Bottow Watkins, Fenton Johnson, Roscoe C. Jamison, Raymond Garfield Dandridge, Claude McKay, Daniel Webster Davis, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Jessie Fauset, Leslie Pinckney Hill, George Marion McClellan, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Waverly Turner Carmichael, William Stanley Braithwaite, Anne Spencer, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Edward Smyth Jones

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

slytherinwa's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautiful

What a great compilation of poems and prose. Such a diverse group of writers. This book paints a clear picture of pain, loss, celebration, and love in times where little hope could be found. For all people interested in black history, this is a must read.

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

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5.0

Read: Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Edwin Campbell, Daniel Webster Davis, James Weldon Johnson, Fenton Johnson, Claude McKay, Georgia Douglass Johnson, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, James David Corrothers, Jesse Fauset, Anne Spencer, Sterling Brown, Helene Johnson
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