The Forerunners: Black Poets in America

by Woodie King (Editor), Addison Gayle (Contributor), Dudley Randall (Contributor)

A selection of poems by sixteen Black poets who came to prominence in the thirties, forties, and fifties, including Bontemps, Brooks, Owen, Dodson, Robert Hayden, and Jay Wright.

Genres: Poetry

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1981

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