Harlem's Glory: Black Women Writing, 1900-1950 Book

Introduction

Part I—Black And White Tangled Threads

Sanctuary—Nella Larsen

Two Gentlemen of Boston—Florida Ruffin Ridley

Little Heads: A One-Act Play of Negro Life—Alvira Hazzard

My Two Grandmothers—Aloise Barbour Epperson

Flower of the South—Gertrude Schalk

Masks, a Story—Eloise Bibb Thompson

The Man Who Passed: A Play in One Act—Regina M. Andrews

Why, How, When and Where Black Becomes White—Mary Church Terrell

From Black and White Tangled Threads—Zara Wright

Part 2—Dreaming In Color

Belated Romance—Florence Marion Harmon

The Pink Hat—Caroline Bond Day

Hope Deferred—Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Lai-Li—Mae V. Cowdery

Little Cornish, the "Blue Boy"—Effie Lee Newsome

The Noose—Octavia B. Wynbusb

If Wishes Were Horses—Edythe Mae Gordon

Subversion—Edythe Mae Gordon

Part 3—Native Daughter

To a Wild Rose—Ottie B. Graham

The Zulu King: New Orleans (at Mardi Gras)—Josephine Copeland

Negro Folk Songs—Josephine Copeland

Preface: Other Bostonians—Florida Ruffin Ridley

Nativity—Gladys Casely Hayford

A Poem—Gladys Casely Hayford

The Palm Wine Seller—Gladys Casely Hayford

Rainy Season Love Song—Gladys Casely Hayford

Is It Not Enough—Ida Rowland

Negroid Things—Ida Rowland

Are We Different?—Ida Rowland

The Family of Nat Turner, 1831-1954—Lucy Mae Turner

Where the West Begins, from American Daughter—Era Bell Thompson

From The Negro Trailblazers of California—Delilah Leontium Beasley

Native Daughter: An Indictment of White America by a Colored Woman—Ellen Tarry

Part 4—Longings

Calling Dreams—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Question—Georgia Douglas Johnson

My Son—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Armageddon—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Interim—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Ivy—Georgia Douglas Johnson

I Wonder—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Afterglow—Georgia Douglas Johnson

Love's Way: A Christmas Story—Carrie W. Clifford

Joy—Clarissa Scott Delany

The Mask—Clarissa Scott Delany

Interim—Clarissa Scott Delany

Solace—Clarissa Scott Delany

Noblesse Oblige—Jessie Fauset

Dead Fires—Jessie Fauset

Oblivion—Jessie Fauset

La Vie C'est la Vie—Jessie Fauset

Words! Words!—Jessie Fauset

The Eternal Quest—Anita Scott Coleman

In '61—Ethel Caution Davis

Longing—Ethel Caution Davis

Sunset—Ethel Caution Davis

Long Remembering—Ethel Caution Davis

Longings—Nellie R. Bright

Part 5—Spunk

Early Days in Cleveland, from A Nickel and a Prayer—Jane Edna Hunter

The Negro Today—Marion Vera Cuthbert

A Talk on Evolution— Mercedes Gilbert

The Equal Rights League, from Crusade for Justice—Ida B. Wells -Barnett

To the Oppressors—Pauli Murray

Mr. Roosevelt Regrets—Pauli Murray

From Tales My Father Told and Other Stories—Hallie Quinn Brown

Spunk—Zora Neale Hurston

Part 6—My Great, Wide, Beautiful World

Black—Nellie R. Bright

From African Journey—Eslanda Goode Robeson

Wedding Day—Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Letters—Idabelle Yeiser

Twenty -Seventh Day, from Journey to Accompong—Katherine Dunham

Why—Brenda Ray Moryck

From My Great, Wide, Beautiful World—Juanita V. Harrison

Part 7—Harlem's Glory: A Woman's View

The Comer—Eunice Hunton Carter

The Double Task: The Struggle of Negro Women for Sex and Race Emancipation—Elise Johnson McDougald

Story in Harlem Slang: Jelly's Tale—Zora Neale Hurston

From "The Ebony Flute"—Gwendolyn B. Bennett

My Race—Helene Johnson

Metamorphism—Helene Johnson

Bottled—Helene Johnson

Tar—Shirley Graham

Solo on the Drums—Ann Petry

Part of the Pack: Another View of Night Life in Harlem—Hazel V. Campbell

Part 8—In The Looking Glass

Prelude—Ariel Williams Holloway

Memory of a 'Jim Crow" Car—Ariel Williams Holloway

My Temple—Ariel Williams Holloway

To One Who Would Be Great—Ariel Williams Holloway

His Life and Mine—Ariel Williams Holloway

Problems Facing Negro Young Women—Marion Vera Cuthbert

Mammy—Dorothy West

'Bidin' Place—May Miller

Since 1619—Margaret Walker

Lineage—Margaret Walker

People of Unrest—Margaret Walker

We Have Been Believers—Margaret Walker

Black Death—Zora Neale Hurston

Letter to My Sister—Anne Spencer

At the Carnival—Anne Spencer

Lady, Lady—Anne Spencer

Black Man o' Mine—Anne Spencer

White Things—Anne Spencer

The Wife -Woman - Anne Spencer

Freedom—Aloise Barbour Epperson

A Negro in a Dime Store—Aloise Barbour Epperson

Heard on an Atlantic City Bridge—Aloise Barbour Epperson

Part 9—Crisis

One True Love—Marita Bonner

—And I Passed By—Marita Bonner

The Women of the White Strain—Elise Johnson McDougald

The Handicapped—Angelina Weld Grimké

Flag Salute—Esther Popel

Blasphemy—American Style—Esther Popel

October Prayer—Esther Popel

Mob Madness—Marion Vera Cuthbert

Slackened Caprice—Ottie B. Graham

He Must Think It Out—Florida Ruffin Ridley

Part 10 -The offering

One Blue Star—May Miller

The Five Dollar Bill—Dorothy West

The Tie That Used to Bind: A Mid -Victorian Negro Marriage—Anna J. Cooper

The Return of a Modern Prodigal—Octavia B. Wynbush

A Blossom in an Alley—Sarah Collins Fernandis

The Torch Bearer—Sarah Collins Fernandis

The offering—Sarah Collins Fernandis

Biographical Notes

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