Black Voices

“If you don’t know my name, you don’t know your own.”-James Baldwin Featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Black Voices captures the diverse and powerful words of a literary explosion, the ramifications of which can be seen and heard in the works of today’s African-American artists. A comprehensive and impressive primer, this anthology presents some of the greatest and most enduring work born out of the African-American experience in the United States. Contributors Include:Sterling A. BrownCharles W. ChesnuttJohn Henrik ClarkeCountee CullenFrederick DouglassPaul Laurence DunbarJames Weldon JohnsonNaomi Long MadgettPaule MarshallClarence MajorClaude McKayAnn PetryDudley RandallJ. Saunders ReddingJean ToomerDarwin T. TurnerAs well as:Lerone Bennett, Jr.Frank London BrownArthur P. DavisFrank Marshall DavisOwen DodsonMari EvansRudolph FisherDan GeorgakasRobert HaydenFrank HorneBlyden JacksonLance JeffersFenton JohnsonGeorge E. KentAlain LockeDiane OliverStanley SandersRichard G. SternSterling StuckeyMelvin B. Tolson