Black Voices: An Anthology of Afro-American Literature

The Black Revolution has been happening for a long time. It began decades ago with the works of great artists such as Wright and Ellison, whose prophetic books defined the self-image of the Negro in America. An anthology of Afro-American Literature. Fiction, poetry, autobiography, and criticism reflecting a potent force in American writing today. Writers included are Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Le Roi Jones, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Arna Bontemps, W.E.B. DuBois, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker and many others. In the powerful pose and. poetry presented here, each writer speaks with a distinctive voice-- each contributes to a growing body of work which is one of the most important and vital in American letters. The dynamic role of the Negro in the artistic life of our nation is at last being these are the spokesmen of a potent new force at a time of great controversy and creativity.