African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 14 and up while showing how African Americans

while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a “New Negro” to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age

Now her new neighbor

Like the county poorhouse and scientific charity before them

self-reliance

Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 14 and up while showing how African AmericansA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the presentOnly now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage