The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States, credited to Benjamin Griffith Brawley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Benjamin Griffith Brawley. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literature and other arts including poets, artists, musicians, and orators. These range from well known figures such as poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and William Stanley Braithwaite to lesser known artists such as composer Will Marion Cook and sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller. Works from many of the authors discussed are available in the LibriVox catalog. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States
• Author credits: Benjamin Griffith Brawley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 4:21:28

Catalogue topics

• biography
• african-american
• black history
• American Literature
• poets
• frederick douglass
• paul laurence dunbar
• booker t. washington

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:36
2. 01 - The Negro Genius — 9:07
3. 02 - Phillis Wheatley — 35:21
4. 03 - Paul Laurence Dunbar — 17:36
5. 04 - Charles W. Chesnutt — 7:52
6. 05 - W. E. Burghardt Du Bois — 8:48
7. 06 - William Stanley Braithwaite — 13:27
8. 07 - Other Writers — 26:52
9. 08 - Orators - Douglass And Washington — 19:49
10. 09 - The Stage — 7:22
11. 10 - Painters - Henry O. Tanner — 13:38
12. 11 - Sculptors - Meta Warrick Fuller — 18:48
13. 12 - Music — 19:26
14. 13 - General Progress 1918-1921 — 20:00
15. 14 - Charles S. Gilpin — 9:27
16. 15 - Appendix The Negro In American Fiction — 31:19

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