The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination and rituals conjured from the

and rituals conjured from the past to meet the needs of a troubled present—to keep them whole in a world that seemed bent on their destruction

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The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination and rituals conjured from theAuthor Contributor(s): Harper, Michael S.; Walton, Anthony Publisher: Vintage Date: 2 15 2000 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States 200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets. From the neoclassical stylings of slave born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful