The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

African American Authors
African American Artists
African American Musicians
History and Criticism

Book features work by African American writers and artists and gives light to their achievements and social advocacy during the early 20th century. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States is authored by Benjamin Griffith Brawley.

Benjamin Griffith Brawley
B. 1882
D. 1939

Based on the author's booklet "The Negro in literature and art." published in 1910. Reprinted in part from various periodicals.

New York, Duffield & Company

Early 20th Century: 1918

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--Appendix: The Negro in American action. Study of bibliography (p. 160-174)

Public Domain

Library Location:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 810.9-B (Brawley, B. Negro in literature and art. 3rd ed.)

Original: Physical Book
Online: Digital Book
Dimensions: Extent: Xii, 231 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.

English

Text; 218 Pgs.

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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 49001140-7cfc-0134-86e5-00505686a51c

Physical Book Archive:
The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies at the SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, JEAN BLACKWELL HUTSON RESEARCH AND REFERENCE DIVISION.