African American Literature Book

Glencoe African American LiteratureTheme One: Talking RootsThe Creation - poem by James Weldon JohnsonConnecting to West AfricaForefathers - poem by Birago DiopFocus On: The Oral TraditionBury Me in a Free Land - poem by Frances E.W. HarperFollow the Drinking Gourd - traditional songRunagate Runagate - poem by Robert HaydenMedia Connection: The Precious Lord Story and Gospel SongsTake My Hand, Precious Lord - poem by Thomas A. DorseyThe Negro Speaks of Rivers - poem by Langston Hughesfrom The Life of Olaudah Equiano - nonfiction by Olaudah EquianoLeaves - poem by Countee CullenTheme Two: Smouldering Embersfrom My Bondage and My Freedom - nonfiction by Frederick DouglassAn Address Delivered at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, September 1895 - nonfiction by Booker T. WashingtonOf Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others - nonfiction by W.E.B. DuBoisA Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Missisippi. Meanwhile, a Missisippi Mother Burns Bacon./Last Quatrain - poem by Gwendolyn BrooksConnecting to West AfricaState of the Union - poem by Aimé CésaireFocus On: The Struggle for Civil RightsKeep Your Hand on the Plow - traditional songKeep Your Eyes on the Prize - traditional songfrom Stride Toward Freedom - nonfiction by Martin Luther King Jr.Media Connection: Connecting to the Civil Rights Movementfrom Freedom's Children - nonfiction by Sheyann WebbDeath of Dr. King - poem by Sam CornishTheme Three: Scattered BranchesSouthern Road - poem by Sterling A. BrownIsis - fiction by Zora Neale HurstonMedia Connection: Hemenway Sets Author's Story StraightNovember Cotton Flower - poem by Jean ToomerThe Preserving - poem by Kevin YoungBlues Ain't No Mockin Bird - fiction by Toni Cade BambaraI've Got a Home in That Rock - poem by Raymond Pattersonfrom The Autobiography of Malcolm X - nonfiction by Malcolm Xfrom I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - nonfiction by Maya AngelouFocus On: The Great MigrationLiving for the City - song by Stevie Wonderfrom The Man Who Lived Underground - fiction by Richard WrightNikki-Roasa - poem by Nikki GiovanniJack in the Pot - fiction by Dorothy WestThe Weakness - poem by Toi Derricotteaunt rubie goes to market - poem by Quraysh Ali LansanaNew York Day Woman - fiction by Edwidge DanticatA Walk to the Jetty - nonfiction by Jamaica KincaidLetter from Foreign - poem by Rohan B. PrestonTo Da-duh, in Memorium - nonfiction by Paule MarshallApril Fools' Day - poem by Yusuf KomunyakaaConnecting to PeruBlack Stone Lying on a White Stone - poem by César VallejoTheme Four: We Wear the MaskOn Being Brought from Africa to America - poem by Phyllis WheatleyA Knowing - poem by Jacqueline JohnsonWe Wear the Mask - poem by Paul Laurence DunbarConnection to Central AfricaTelephone Conversation - poem by Wole SoyinkaFlorence - play by Alice ChildressBack to Baton Rouge - poem by Michael WarrLineage - poem by Margaret WalkerAnd Ain't I a Woman? - nonfiction by Sojourner Truthfrom The Bluest Eye - fiction by Toni MorrisonPurchase - poem by Naomi Long Madgettfury - poem by Lucille CliftonThe Power of Names - poem by Irma McClaurinFocus On: The Black Arts MovementPoet: What Ever Happened to Luther? - poem by Haki R. MadhubutiMedia Connection: Conversation with Haki MadhubutiPreface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note - poem by Amiri BarakaMy Dungeon Shook - nonfiction by James BaldwinLament for Brothers - poem by Glenis RedmondThis is Not a Small Voice - poem by Sonia SanchezWhat's American About America? - nonfiction by Ishmael ReedTheme Five: Tree of LifePreaching Blues - blues song by Robert JohnsonThe Blues Don't Change - poem by Al YoungJuke Box Love Song - poem by Langston HughesFocus On: The Harlem RenaissanceSonnet to a Negro in Harlem - poem by Helene JohnsonMy Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons - poem by Cornelius Eadyfrom The Importance of Pot Liquor - nonfiction by Jackie TorrenceBattle Report - poem by Bob KaufmanA Poem for "Magic" - poem by Quincy TroupeBeing There - poem by Thomas Sayers EllisTo Satch - poem by Samuel AllenMedia Connection: Negro League Baseball: The People's GameWe Alone - poem by Alice WalkerGeometry - poem by Rita DoveA Swimming Lesson - nonfiction by Jewelle L. GomezConnecting to JamaicaRedemption Song - song by Bob MarleyIf You Lose Your Pen - poem by Ruth Forman