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The Book of American Negro Poetry

by · 1922

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A landmark anthology of forty poets that brought serious attention to writers such as Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes.

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African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
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1920s1920sMore like thisLess of this
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