Negro Poets and Their Poems: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
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Negro Poets and Their Poems is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kerlin, Robert Thomas (1866–1950).
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"Negro Poets and Their Poems" by Robert Thomas Kerlin is a poetry anthology published in 1923. This major collection emerged during the Harlem Renaissance, gathering works that explored the beauty and pain of Black life. Compiled by an educator and minister who intended it as a "defense of black people," the anthology features biographical information and photographs alongside carefully selected poems chosen for their quality and passion. The work became a valuable historical source documenting this transformative era in African American literature.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Negro Poets and Their Poems
- Author credits: Kerlin, Robert Thomas (1866–1950)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- African American poets -- Biography
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans -- Poetry
- American poetry -- African American authors
- American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism
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- Category: Poetry
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