In the 19th century, abolitionist and African-American periodicals printed thousands of poems by black men and women on such topics as bondage and freedom, hatred and discrimination, racial identity and racial solidarity, along with dialect verse that mythologized the Southern past. Early in the 20th century, black poets celebrated race consciousness in propagandistic and protest poetry, while World War I helped engender the outpouring of African-American creativity known as the "Harlem Renaissance." The present volume spans this wealth of material, ranging from the religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to the 20th-century sensibilities of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Also here are works by George Moses Horton, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Alberry Alston Whitman, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Daniel Webster Davis, Mary Weston Fordham, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and many more. Attractive and inexpensive, this carefully chosen collection offers unparalleled insight into the hearts and minds of African-Americans. It will be welcomed by students of the black experience in America and any lover of fine poetry. A Poem Entitled The Day And The War, Sels by James Madison Bell De Cunjah Man by James Edwin Campbell Mors Et Vita by James Edwin Campbell Ol' Doc' Hyar by James Edwin Campbell 'sciplinin' Sister Brown by James Edwin Campbell De Black Cat Crossed His Luck by James D. Carrothers At The Closed Gate Of Justice by James David Corrothers An Indignation Dinner by James David Corrothers Paul Laurence Dunbar by James David Corrothers The Don't-care Negro by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter Dr. Booker T. Washington To The National Negro Business League by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter Frederick Douglass by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter From The Dark Tower by Countee Cullen To John Keats, Poet, At Spring Time by Countee Cullen Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen Aunt Chloe's Lullaby by Daniel Webster Davis I Can Trust by Daniel Webster Davis An Ante-bellum Sermon by Paul Laurence Dunbar The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar The Poet by Paul Laurence Dunbar Sympathy (2) by Paul Laurence Dunbar We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar When Malindy Sings by Paul Laurence Dunbar Atlanta Exposition Ode by Mary Weston Fordham Wordsworth by Angelina Weld Grimke Bury Me In A Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Learning To Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Lines 141-199 by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 'sir, We Would See Jesus' by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Songs For The People by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper To The Union Savers Of Cleveland by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper They Are Coming? by Josephine Dephine Henderson Heard Early Affection by George Moses Horton George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton Imploring To Be Resigned At Death by George Moses Horton Liberty And Slavery by George Moses Horton Troubled With The Itch, And Rubbing With Sulphur by George Moses Horton Bound No'th Blues by James Langston Hughes I, Too by James Langston Hughes Jazzonia by James Langston Hughes Mother To Son by James Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by James Langston Hughes Lift Every Voice And Sing by James Weldon Johnson O Black And Unknown Bards by James Weldon Johnson The White Witch by James Weldon Johnson The Feet Of Judas by George Marion Mcclellan A January Dandelion by George Marion Mcclellan A September Night by George Marion Mcclellan Enslaved by Claude Mckay Flame-heart by Claude Mckay The Harlem Dancer by Claude Mckay If We Must Die by Claude Mckay The Tropics In New York by Claude Mckay Robert G. Shaw by Henrietta Cordelia Ray Verses To My Heart's-sister by Henrietta Cordelia Ray Away To Canada by Joshua Mccarter Simpson To The White People Of America by Joshua Mccarter Simpson Dunbar by Anne Spencer Letter To My Sister by Anne Spencer White Things by Anne Spencer The Muse's Favor by Priscilla Jane Thompson The Muse's Favor: The Song by Priscilla Jane Thompson Cane: Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer Georgia Dusk by Jean Toomer Wish For An Overcoat by Alfred Islay Walden An Hymn To The Evening by Phillis Wheatley On Being Brought From Africa To America by Phillis Wheatley How Long? by James Monroe Whitfield The Misanthropist by James Monroe Whitfield Canto 1, Stanza 1 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 1, Stanza 19 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 1, Stanza 2 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 1, Stanza 20 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 1, Stanza 33 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 1, Stanza 34 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 2, Stanza 11 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 2, Stanza 7 by Albery Allson Whitman Canto 2, Stanza 8 by Albery Allson Whitman Not A Man And Yet A Man: Saville In Trouble by Albery Allson Whitman Not A Man And Yet A Ma