Black Poetry: a Supplement to Anthologies Which Exclude Black Poets

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A paperback collection, or anthology, of poems titled "Black Poetry" edited/compiled by Dudley Randall. The front cover is black with white type that reads [BLACK POETRY / EDITED BY DUDLEY RANDALL / Black poems are beautiful • delicate and lovely / AHMED ALHAMISI SAMUEL ALLEN / A Poem Looking For A Reader • Brother Malcolm / ARNA BONTEMPS GWENDOLYN BROOKS / An everlasting song, a singing tree • soul sounds / COUNTEE CULLEN MARGARET DANNER / One Time Henry Dreamed The Number • Award / EBON RAY DUREM JAMES A. EMANUEL / like the first time u knowingly kissed a girl / NIKKI GIOVANNI ROBERT HAYDEN / Malcom X • Runagate • As You Leave Me / LEROI JONES ETHERIDGE KNIGHT DON LEE / I'll walk the tightrope that's been stretched for me / DOUGHTRY LONG CLAUDE McKAY / Booker T. & W.E.B.

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