The following books are available in the English Department at Richard C. Lee High School.
Adams, William, Peter Conn and Barry Slepian.
Afro American Literature:
Drama. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971.
This text includes “A Raisin in the Sun” and “A Land Beyond the River.”
Bontemps, Arna, ed.,
American Negro Poetry
. New York: Hill and Wang, 1974.
An anthology of Afro American Poetry.
Hayes, Robert, David J. Burrows and Frederick R. Lapides. Afro
American Literature
. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
A collection of Afro American Writings. Many of the poems used in this unit are available in this text.
Murray, Alma, Robert Thomas.
Major Black Writers
. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971.
This text includes several of the poems used in this unit and the play, “Wine in the Wilderness.”
Black Perspective
. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971.
This text includes the play “Five on the Black Hand Side.”
The Search
. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971.
This text includes the story “The Wife Of His Youth.”
Standford, Barbara Dodds.
I, Too Sing America: Black Voices In American Literature
. New Jersey: Hayden Book Company, Inc., 1971.
This text includes a chronological listing of the poems and detailed explanations of the time in which they were written. Includes
Wife of His Youth
and “We Wear the Mask.”
