Dark SymphonyJames A. Emanuel, Theodore L. Gross Simon and Schuster, 1968 - 604 pages This collection of the works from the nineteenth and twentieth century is filled with powerful, sensitive, and moving writings from the most notable Black writers in history. This anthology of Black writers brings together some of the most notable, effective, and emotional writings in African American history. Including works from Frederick Douglas, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and Margaret A. Walker, Dark Symphony contains ninety-one selections of writings from the nineteenth and twentieth century. |
Contents
FREDERICK DOUGLASS | 7 |
CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT | 25 |
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR | 36 |
W E B DUBOIS | 42 |
THE NEGRO AWAKENING | 61 |
CLAUDE MCKAY | 85 |
JEAN TOOMER | 95 |
RUDOLPH FISHER | 110 |
ERNEST J GAINES | 427 |
xii | 447 |
WILLIAM MELVIN KELLEY | 454 |
MELVIN B TOLSON | 471 |
ARNA BONTEMPS | 477 |
DUDLEY RANDALL | 488 |
GWENDOLYN BROOKS | 498 |
JAMES A EMANUEL | 502 |
ERIC WALROND | 124 |
STERLING A BROWN | 137 |
COUNTEE CULLEN | 172 |
LANGSTON HUGHES | 191 |
RICHARD WRIGHT | 222 |
RALPH ELLISON | 249 |
JAMES BALDWIN | 296 |
INTRODUCTION | 350 |
ALBERT MURRAY | 374 |
PAULE MARSHALL | 400 |
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