An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 111
... arms and whispering voices . On he toiled in mad haste , struggling toward the road and losing it , until finally beneath the shadows of a mighty oak he sank exhausted . There he lay a while , trem- bling , and at last drifted into ...
... arms and whispering voices . On he toiled in mad haste , struggling toward the road and losing it , until finally beneath the shadows of a mighty oak he sank exhausted . There he lay a while , trem- bling , and at last drifted into ...
Page 135
... arms . This much is certain : an inspired Negress , of wide reputation for being sanctified , drew a portrait of a black Madonna on the courthouse wall . And King Barlo left town . He left his image indelibly upon the mind of Esther ...
... arms . This much is certain : an inspired Negress , of wide reputation for being sanctified , drew a portrait of a black Madonna on the courthouse wall . And King Barlo left town . He left his image indelibly upon the mind of Esther ...
Page 195
... arm . I placed my other arm around her . She pretended not to see or feel it , but she wasn't trying to get away either ... arms around her and she put both hers around me . When I kissed her , she responded completely . -1962 Barbados ...
... arm . I placed my other arm around her . She pretended not to see or feel it , but she wasn't trying to get away either ... arms around her and she put both hers around me . When I kissed her , she responded completely . -1962 Barbados ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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