An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 95
... sing dis night twel broad daylight , Ur bu's ' my froat wid tryin ' , ' Less you come down , Miss ' Lindy Brown , An ' stops dis ha't f'um sighin ' ! Paul Laurence Dunbar We Wear the Mask -1895 WE wear the mask that grins and lies , It ...
... sing dis night twel broad daylight , Ur bu's ' my froat wid tryin ' , ' Less you come down , Miss ' Lindy Brown , An ' stops dis ha't f'um sighin ' ! Paul Laurence Dunbar We Wear the Mask -1895 WE wear the mask that grins and lies , It ...
Page 119
... Sing LIFT every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring , Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies , Let it resound loud as the rolling sea . -1917 Sing a song full of the faith that the ...
... Sing LIFT every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring , Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies , Let it resound loud as the rolling sea . -1917 Sing a song full of the faith that the ...
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... singing , " David writes , " was to draw a crowd so the party could make speeches . " Near the end of the sing- ing and during the speeches , leaflets and peti- tions were circulated through the crowd . David had not found Negroes in ...
... singing , " David writes , " was to draw a crowd so the party could make speeches . " Near the end of the sing- ing and during the speeches , leaflets and peti- tions were circulated through the crowd . David had not found Negroes in ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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