“They’ll see how beautiful we are, and be ashamed.” Six of the 20^th century's most esteemed black poets present their work in this album, released in 1954. Composed of recordings made between the 1930s and the 1950s, the poetry of Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Margaret Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks comes to life in the lilt of their own voices. Interspersed with introductions at turns boastful and bashful, this collection pulses with the spirit of a people demanding their right to be heard.

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