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Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

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) (4 hr 21 min)

Chapters

Preface

The Negro Genius

Phillis Wheatley

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Charles W. Chesnutt

W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

William Stanley Braithwaite

Other Writers

Orators - Douglass And Washington

The Stage

Painters - Henry O. Tanner

Sculptors - Meta Warrick Fuller

Music

General Progress 1918-1921

Charles S. Gilpin

Appendix The Negro In American Fiction