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