Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. - 200 Years

Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. is the aural complement to “The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949,” edited by Langston Hughes along with Arna Bontemps - who reads the selections heard on this album. This collection characterizes the rich history of poetry in the African American community, including slaves such as Phyllis Wheatley who “won” their freedom with this skill and whose poem “His Excellency General Washington” may be heard here.

Track Listing

101	Terry, Lucy: Bars Fight	Arna Bontemps	01:37
102	Dunbar, Paul Laurence: Dawn	Arna Bontemps	00:27
103	Dunbar, Paul Laurence: Little Brown Baby	Arna Bontemps	02:18
104	Dunbar, Paul Laurence: Compensation	Arna Bontemps	00:40
105	Grimke, Angelina Weld: The Black Finger	Arna Bontemps	00:46
106	Toomer, Jean: Song of the Sun	Arna Bontemps	02:03
107	Johnson, James Weldon: The Creation	Arna Bontemps	04:39
108	Johnson, Georgia Douglas: My Little Dreams	Arna Bontemps	00:34
109	Johnson, Fenton: The Banjo Player	Arna Bontemps	00:55
110	Horne, Frank: To James	Arna Bontemps	01:32
111	Brown, Sterling A: Sister Lou	Arna Bontemps	02:00
112	Hughes, Langston: Havana Dreams	Arna Bontemps	00:41
113	Hughes, Langston: Song for a Dark Girl	Arna Bontemps	00:43
114	Cullen, Countie: For a Poet	Arna Bontemps	00:44
115	Cullen, Countie: For a Lady I Know	Arna Bontemps	00:25
116	Cullen, Countie: Saturday's Child	Arna Bontemps	01:22
117	Cullen, Countie: Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds	Arna Bontemps	01:04
201	Cullen, Countie: From the Dark Tower	Arna Bontemps	01:08
202	Cullen, Countie: Yet Do I Marvel	Arna Bontemps	01:08
203	Hayes, Donald Jeffrey: Poet	Arna Bontemps	00:41
204	Cuney, Waring: No Images	Arna Bontemps	00:38
205	Johnson, Helene: The Road	Arna Bontemps	00:49
206	Hayden, Robert E.: Frederick Douglass	Arna Bontemps	01:20
207	Bontemps, Arna: A Black Man Talks of Rivers	Arna Bontemps	01:08
208	Bontemps, Arna: Miracles	Arna Bontemps	00:41
209	Bontemps, Arna: Nocturne at Bethesda	Arna Bontemps	03:35
210	Bontemps, Arna: Southern Mansion	Arna Bontemps	01:00
211	Bontemps, Arna: A Note of Humility	Arna Bontemps	01:03
212	Bontemps, Arna: The Daybreakers	Arna Bontemps	00:28
213	Bontemps, Arna: The Return	Arna Bontemps	03:13
214	Wheatley, Phyllis: His Excellency General Washington	Arna Bontemps	02:59
215	McKay, Claude: Flame-Heart	Arna Bontemps	02:13