This comprehensive, chronological anthology of African and African American literature asserts that there is a distinctly black literary and cultural aesthetic, one that originated in the oral traditi
This comprehensive, chronological anthology of African and African American literature asserts that there is a distinctly black literary and cultural aesthetic, one that originated in the oral traditi
Presents a chronological anthology of African American literature, including poetry, fiction, drama, essays, speeches, sermons, criticism, journals, and song lyrics.