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Negro Poets and Their Poems

INDEX OF TITLES

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Apology for Wayward Jim.—James C. Hughes,188

Ask Me Why I Love You.—W. E. Hawkins,125

A Song.—Roscoe C. Jamison,193

As the Old Year Passed.—William Moore,112

At the Closed Gate of Justice.—J. D. Corrothers,88

At the Carnival.—Mrs. Anne Spencer,158

At Niagara.—R. Nathaniel Dett,216

At the Spring Dawn.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,154

Autumn Sadness.—W. S. Braithwaite,108

Band of Gideon, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.,83

Black Mammy, The.—J. W. Johnson,236

Black Violinist, The.—Winston Allen,230

Bomb Thrower, The.—Will Sexton,197

Boy and the Ideal, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,74

Brothers.—J. H. Jones, Jr.,118

Castles in the Air.—Roscoe C. Jamison,193

Christmas Cheer.—Miss Corinne E. Lewis,255

Chicken in the Bread Tray.—Folk Song,15

Compensation.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.,82

Counting Out.—J. Mord Allen,48

Credo.—W. E. Hawkins,119

Dawn.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,153

Daybreak.—G. M. McClellan,246

Death of Justice, The.—W. E. Hawkins,123

De Innah Part.—R. G. Dandridge,221

Don’t-Care Negro, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,220

Dream and the Song, The.—J. D. Corrothers,85

Dreams of the Dreamer, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,148

Dunbar.—J. D. Corrothers,37

Dunbar and Cotter.—J. E. French,253

Easter Message, An.—Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford,240

Ebon Maid.—L. B. Watkins,252

Edict, The.—Roscoe C. Jamison,194

El Beso.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,154

Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes.—Paul Laurence Dunbar,41

Eternity.—R. G. Dandridge,172

Expectancy.—William Moore,112

Facts.—R. G. Dandridge,172

Fattening Frogs for Snakes.—Folk Song,117

Feet of Judas, The.—G. M. McClellan,177

Flag of the Free.—E. W. Jones,167

For You Sweetheart.—L. M. Fisher,189

Foscati.—W. S. Braithwaite,108

Goodbye, Old Year.—J. H. Jones, Jr.,256

Harlem Dancer, The.—Claude McKay,128

Heart of the World, The.—J. H. Jones, Jr.,117

Hero of the Road.—W. E. Hawkins,122

Hills of Sewanee, The.—G. M. McClellan,176

Hopelessness.—Roscoe C. Jamison,195

If We Must Die.—Claude McKay,241

In Bondage.—Claude McKay,129

In Memory of Katie Reynolds.—G. M. McClellan,178

In Spite of Death.—W. E. Hawkins,62

In the Heart of a Rose.—G. M. McClellan,54

I Played on David’s Harp.—Fenton Johnson,65

I See and Am Satisfied.—Kelly Miller,207

I Sit and Sew.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson,145

It’s All Through Life.—W. T. Carmichael,53

It’s a Long Way.—W. S. Braithwaite,106

I’ve Loved and Lost.—L. B. Watkins,237

Juba.—Folk Song,16

Life.—Paul Laurence Dunbar,43

Life of the Spirit, The.—Charles H. Conner,210

Light of Victory.—George Reginald Margetson,110

Lights at Carney’s Point, The.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson,146

Litany of Atlanta, A.—W. E. B. DuBois,202

Loneliness.—Miss Winifred Virginia Jordan,56

Lynching, The.—Claude McKay,128

Mammy’s Baby Scared.—W. T. Carmichael,219

Mater Dolorosa.—L. P. Hill,134

Message to the Modern Pharaohs.—L. B. Watkins,239

Months, The.—Miss H. Cordelia Ray,257

Mother, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,249

My Lady’s Lips.—J. W. Johnson,226

My People.—C. B. Johnson,95

Mulatto’s Song, The.—Fenton Johnson,101

Mulatto to His Critics, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.,67

Nation’s Greatness, A.—Edwin G. Riley,262

Negro, The.—Langston Hughes,200

Negro, The.—Claude McKay,244

Negro Child, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,248

Negro Church, The.—Andrea Razafkeriefo,198

Negro Woman, The.—Andrea Razafkeriefo,247

Negro Singer, The.—J. D. Corrothers,89

New Day, The.—Fenton Johnson,102

New Negro, The.—Will Sexton,197

New Negro, The.—L. B. Watkins,236

Octoroon, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,151

Ode to Ethiopia.—Paul Laurence Dunbar,44

Oh, My Way and Thy Way.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,81

Old Plantation Grave, The.—S. M. Means,222

Ole Deserted Cabin, De.—S. M. Means,223

Old Friends.—C. B. Johnson,97

Old Jim Crow.—Anonymous,231

Optimist, The.—Mrs. J. W. Hammond,143

Oriflamme.—Miss Jessie Fauset,162

O Southland.—J. W. Johnson,92

Peace.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,61

Plaint of the Factory Child, The.—Fenton Johnson,101

Poet, The.—R. G. Dandridge,170

Prayer of the Race That God Made Black, A.—L. B. Watkins,59

Psalm of the Uplift, The.—J. Mord Allen,50

Puppet-Player, The.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,153

Rain Song, A.—C. B. Johnson,99

Rainy Days.—Andrea Razafkeriefo,263

Rain Music.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.,81

Rise! Young Negro—Rise!—John J. Fenner, Jr.,245

Sandy Star.—W. S. Braithwaite,106

Self-Determination.—L. P. Hill,137

She Hugged Me.—Folk Song,17

Singer, The.—Miss Eva A. Jessye,69

Slump, The.—W. E. Bailey,65

Smothered Fires.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,150

Somebody’s Child.—Charles P. Wilson,179

So Much.—C. B. Johnson,98

Soul and Star.—C. B. Johnson,96

Southern Love Song, A.—J. H. Jones, Jr.,115

Spring in New Hampshire.—Claude McKay,127

Spring with the Teacher.—Miss Eva A. Jessye,139

Steel Makers, The.—Leon R. Harris,182

Sunset.—Miss Mary Effie Lee,56

Thanking God.—W. S. Braithwaite,109

Thanksgiving.—W. S. Braithwaite,262

The Flowers Take the Tears.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,76

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face.—J. W. Johnson,226

These Are My People.—Fenton Johnson,100

Threshing Floor, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.,75

Time to Die.—R. G. Dandridge,171

To——.—R. G. Dandridge,171

To a Negro Mother.—Ben E. Burrell,249

To America.—J. W. Johnson,53

To a Caged Canary....—L. P. Hill,136

To a Nobly-Gifted Singer.—L. P. Hill,137

To a Rosebud.—Miss Eva A. Jessye,141

To a Wild Rose.—W. E. Bailey,213

To Hollyhocks.—G. M. McClellan,176

To My Grandmother.—Mrs. Mae Smith Johnson,251

To My Lost Child.—Will Sexton,233

To My Neighbor Boy.—Mrs. J. W. Hammond,143

To My Son.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,232

To Keep the Memory of Charlotte Forten Grimké.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,155

To Our Boys.—Irvin W. Underhill,185

Truth.—Mrs. Frances E. W. Harper,28

Turn Out the Light.—J. H. Jones, Jr.,114

Vashti.—Mrs. Frances E. W. Harper,30

Victim of Microbes, A.—J. Mord Allen,224

Violets.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson,55

Want of You, The.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,154

We Wear the Mask.—Paul Laurence Dunbar,47

What Is the Negro Doing?—W. Clarence Jordan,190

What Need Have I for Memory?—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson,149

While April Breezes Blow.—D. T. Williamson,260

Winter Twilight, A.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké,153

With the Lark.—Paul Laurence Dunbar,46

Young Warrior, The.—J. W. Johnson,94

Zalka Peetruza.—R. G. Dandridge,180

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