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1) Black on black: commentaries by Negro Americans

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[1968]

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xvi, 236 p. 23 cm.

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Amherst Library - Adult Nonfiction Book
301.45 ADO
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2) Roots and blues: a celebration

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2011

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86 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

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Amherst Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 811.54 Ado
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Lyrical text explores how Blues have been part of everyday life throughout history, from its origins in the sounds of the earth, through slaves' voices singing of freedom, to today's greatest performers--and listeners.

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3) I am the darker brother: an anthology of modern poems by Negro Americans

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[1968]

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128 p. illus. 24 cm.

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Amherst Library - Adult Nonfiction Book
811.508 ADO
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Poems on aspects of race or racial problems by well-known Negro poets, including Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, Leroi Jones, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson.

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4) Black is brown is tan

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2002

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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.

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5) Celebrations: a new anthology of Black American poetry

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c1977

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xvii, 285 p. ; 23 cm.

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811.5408 CEL
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Thematically arranged contributions of eighty-five Afro-American poets.

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