Bibliography
Adoff, Arnold, Editor.
Black Out Loud
. New York: McMillan, 1970.
This is an excellent anthology of modern black poetry.
Adoff, Arnold, Editor.
I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by Negro Americans
. New York: MacMillan, 1968.
This is an excellent pictorial anthology of poetry for young people.
Brooks, Gwendolyn.
Bronzeville Boys and Girls
. New York: Harper and Row, 1956.
This is an excellent collection of Brooks’ poetry for young people.
Bontemps, Anna , Editor.
Golden Slippers.
New York: Harper and Row, 1941.
This is an anthology of black poetry that contains biographical information about the poets.
Cullen, Countee,
On Thee I Stand.
New York: Harper and Row, 1947.
This book is a collection of the best poems by Countee Cullen.
Hopkins, Bennett Lee,
Don’t Turn Your Back.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
This is a young people’s book of poetry by Langston Hughes.
Hopkins, Bennett Lee,
On Our Way: Poems of Pride and Love
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
This is a poetry book containing poems on blackness, feelings, remembrances and love.
Hughes, Langston,
The Dreamkeeper and Other Poems
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.
This book contains selections of Hughes’ dream poems and other poetry.
King, Woodie, Jr.,
The Forerunners: Black Poets in America
. Washington, D.C.: Howard Press, 1975.
This collection of black poetry has an introduction by Langston Hughes.
McKissack, Patricia,
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man to Remember
. Chicago: Regensteiner Publications, 1984.
This is a pictorial account of the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Randall, Dudley, Editor.
The Black Poets,
Detroit: The Broadside Press, 1971.
This is an anthology of black poetry.
Rodgers, Bertha, Editor.
Little Brown Baby
. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1940.
This is a collection of Dunbar’s poetry that includes a biographical sketch of Dunbar.
Strickland, Dorothy, Editor.
Listen Children
. New York: Bantam Skylark, 1982.
This anthology has an excellent collection of black literature that students would enjoy. It is a good book for teachers to use for reading aloud to the students.
(Copies of the poems used in this Teaching Unit are on file in the Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute Office.)
