A review by coldbrewedpages
African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 by Langston Hughes, Goerge Moses Horton, James Weldon Johnson, George Moses Horton, Frances E.W. Harper, Phillis Wheatley Peters, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Daniel Webster Davis, Joan R. Sherman, Alberry Alston Whitman, Countee Cullen, Mary Weston Fordham, Paul Laurence Dunbar

challenging

4.0

It's hard to adequately review a poetry anthology, especially one that has multiple contributing poets. That said, I think this is a valuable read for anyone wanting a look at Black American poetry pre and post the end of the Civil War. The biggest takeaway is how much we've always been creating, protesting, using our voices, in spite of or as a direct result of oppression. 
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