Wiggins, Lida Keck.—Authorship: The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, J. L. Nichols & Company, Naperville, Ill. [41.]
Whitman, Albery A.—Born in Kentucky in 1857. Began life as a Methodist minister. Authorship: The Rape of Florida, Not a Man and Yet a Man, and Twasnita’s Seminoles. [32], [35]-[36].
Williamson, D. T.—[260]-[261].
Wilson, Charles P.—Born in Iowa of Kentucky parents, 1885. Printer and theatrical performer. [179]-[180].
INDEX OF TITLES
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [V], [W], [Y].
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| Apology for Wayward Jim.—James C. Hughes, | [188] |
| Ask Me Why I Love You.—W. E. Hawkins, | [125] |
| A Song.—Roscoe C. Jamison, | [193] |
| As the Old Year Passed.—William Moore, | [112] |
| At the Closed Gate of Justice.—J. D. Corrothers, | [88] |
| At the Carnival.—Mrs. Anne Spencer, | [158] |
| At Niagara.—R. Nathaniel Dett, | [216] |
| At the Spring Dawn.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [154] |
| Autumn Sadness.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [108] |
| Band of Gideon, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., | [83] |
| Black Mammy, The.—J. W. Johnson, | [236] |
| Black Violinist, The.—Winston Allen, | [230] |
| Bomb Thrower, The.—Will Sexton, | [197] |
| Boy and the Ideal, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [74] |
| Brothers.—J. H. Jones, Jr., | [118] |
| Castles in the Air.—Roscoe C. Jamison, | [193] |
| Christmas Cheer.—Miss Corinne E. Lewis, | [255] |
| Chicken in the Bread Tray.—Folk Song, | [15] |
| Compensation.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., | [82] |
| Counting Out.—J. Mord Allen, | [48] |
| Credo.—W. E. Hawkins, | [119] |
| Dawn.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [153] |
| Daybreak.—G. M. McClellan, | [246] |
| Death of Justice, The.—W. E. Hawkins, | [123] |
| De Innah Part.—R. G. Dandridge, | [221] |
| Don’t-Care Negro, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [220] |
| Dream and the Song, The.—J. D. Corrothers, | [85] |
| Dreams of the Dreamer, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [148] |
| Dunbar.—J. D. Corrothers, | [37] |
| Dunbar and Cotter.—J. E. French, | [253] |
| Easter Message, An.—Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford, | [240] |
| Ebon Maid.—L. B. Watkins, | [252] |
| Edict, The.—Roscoe C. Jamison, | [194] |
| El Beso.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [154] |
| Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes.—Paul Laurence Dunbar, | [41] |
| Eternity.—R. G. Dandridge, | [172] |
| Expectancy.—William Moore, | [112] |
| Facts.—R. G. Dandridge, | [172] |
| Fattening Frogs for Snakes.—Folk Song, | [117] |
| Feet of Judas, The.—G. M. McClellan, | [177] |
| Flag of the Free.—E. W. Jones, | [167] |
| For You Sweetheart.—L. M. Fisher, | [189] |
| Foscati.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [108] |
| Goodbye, Old Year.—J. H. Jones, Jr., | [256] |
| Harlem Dancer, The.—Claude McKay, | [128] |
| Heart of the World, The.—J. H. Jones, Jr., | [117] |
| Hero of the Road.—W. E. Hawkins, | [122] |
| Hills of Sewanee, The.—G. M. McClellan, | [176] |
| Hopelessness.—Roscoe C. Jamison, | [195] |
| If We Must Die.—Claude McKay, | [241] |
| In Bondage.—Claude McKay, | [129] |
| In Memory of Katie Reynolds.—G. M. McClellan, | [178] |
| In Spite of Death.—W. E. Hawkins, | [62] |
| In the Heart of a Rose.—G. M. McClellan, | [54] |
| I Played on David’s Harp.—Fenton Johnson, | [65] |
| I See and Am Satisfied.—Kelly Miller, | [207] |
| I Sit and Sew.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, | [145] |
| It’s All Through Life.—W. T. Carmichael, | [53] |
| It’s a Long Way.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [106] |
| I’ve Loved and Lost.—L. B. Watkins, | [237] |
| Juba.—Folk Song, | [16] |
| Life.—Paul Laurence Dunbar, | [43] |
| Life of the Spirit, The.—Charles H. Conner, | [210] |
| Light of Victory.—George Reginald Margetson, | [110] |
| Lights at Carney’s Point, The.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, | [146] |
| Litany of Atlanta, A.—W. E. B. DuBois, | [202] |
| Loneliness.—Miss Winifred Virginia Jordan, | [56] |
| Lynching, The.—Claude McKay, | [128] |
| Mammy’s Baby Scared.—W. T. Carmichael, | [219] |
| Mater Dolorosa.—L. P. Hill, | [134] |
| Message to the Modern Pharaohs.—L. B. Watkins, | [239] |
| Months, The.—Miss H. Cordelia Ray, | [257] |
| Mother, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [249] |
| My Lady’s Lips.—J. W. Johnson, | [226] |
| My People.—C. B. Johnson, | [95] |
| Mulatto’s Song, The.—Fenton Johnson, | [101] |
| Mulatto to His Critics, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., | [67] |
| Nation’s Greatness, A.—Edwin G. Riley, | [262] |
| Negro, The.—Langston Hughes, | [200] |
| Negro, The.—Claude McKay, | [244] |
| Negro Child, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [248] |
| Negro Church, The.—Andrea Razafkeriefo, | [198] |
| Negro Woman, The.—Andrea Razafkeriefo, | [247] |
| Negro Singer, The.—J. D. Corrothers, | [89] |
| New Day, The.—Fenton Johnson, | [102] |
| New Negro, The.—Will Sexton, | [197] |
| New Negro, The.—L. B. Watkins, | [236] |
| Octoroon, The.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [151] |
| Ode to Ethiopia.—Paul Laurence Dunbar, | [44] |
| Oh, My Way and Thy Way.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [81] |
| Old Plantation Grave, The.—S. M. Means, | [222] |
| Ole Deserted Cabin, De.—S. M. Means, | [223] |
| Old Friends.—C. B. Johnson, | [97] |
| Old Jim Crow.—Anonymous, | [231] |
| Optimist, The.—Mrs. J. W. Hammond, | [143] |
| Oriflamme.—Miss Jessie Fauset, | [162] |
| O Southland.—J. W. Johnson, | [92] |
| Peace.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [61] |
| Plaint of the Factory Child, The.—Fenton Johnson, | [101] |
| Poet, The.—R. G. Dandridge, | [170] |
| Prayer of the Race That God Made Black, A.—L. B. Watkins, | [59] |
| Psalm of the Uplift, The.—J. Mord Allen, | [50] |
| Puppet-Player, The.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [153] |
| Rain Song, A.—C. B. Johnson, | [99] |
| Rainy Days.—Andrea Razafkeriefo, | [263] |
| Rain Music.—Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., | [81] |
| Rise! Young Negro—Rise!—John J. Fenner, Jr., | [245] |
| Sandy Star.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [106] |
| Self-Determination.—L. P. Hill, | [137] |
| She Hugged Me.—Folk Song, | [17] |
| Singer, The.—Miss Eva A. Jessye, | [69] |
| Slump, The.—W. E. Bailey, | [65] |
| Smothered Fires.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [150] |
| Somebody’s Child.—Charles P. Wilson, | [179] |
| So Much.—C. B. Johnson, | [98] |
| Soul and Star.—C. B. Johnson, | [96] |
| Southern Love Song, A.—J. H. Jones, Jr., | [115] |
| Spring in New Hampshire.—Claude McKay, | [127] |
| Spring with the Teacher.—Miss Eva A. Jessye, | [139] |
| Steel Makers, The.—Leon R. Harris, | [182] |
| Sunset.—Miss Mary Effie Lee, | [56] |
| Thanking God.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [109] |
| Thanksgiving.—W. S. Braithwaite, | [262] |
| The Flowers Take the Tears.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [76] |
| The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face.—J. W. Johnson, | [226] |
| These Are My People.—Fenton Johnson, | [100] |
| Threshing Floor, The.—Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., | [75] |
| Time to Die.—R. G. Dandridge, | [171] |
| To——.—R. G. Dandridge, | [171] |
| To a Negro Mother.—Ben E. Burrell, | [249] |
| To America.—J. W. Johnson, | [53] |
| To a Caged Canary....—L. P. Hill, | [136] |
| To a Nobly-Gifted Singer.—L. P. Hill, | [137] |
| To a Rosebud.—Miss Eva A. Jessye, | [141] |
| To a Wild Rose.—W. E. Bailey, | [213] |
| To Hollyhocks.—G. M. McClellan, | [176] |
| To My Grandmother.—Mrs. Mae Smith Johnson, | [251] |
| To My Lost Child.—Will Sexton, | [233] |
| To My Neighbor Boy.—Mrs. J. W. Hammond, | [143] |
| To My Son.—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [232] |
| To Keep the Memory of Charlotte Forten Grimké.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [155] |
| To Our Boys.—Irvin W. Underhill, | [185] |
| Truth.—Mrs. Frances E. W. Harper, | [28] |
| Turn Out the Light.—J. H. Jones, Jr., | [114] |
| Vashti.—Mrs. Frances E. W. Harper, | [30] |
| Victim of Microbes, A.—J. Mord Allen, | [224] |
| Violets.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, | [55] |
| Want of You, The.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [154] |
| We Wear the Mask.—Paul Laurence Dunbar, | [47] |
| What Is the Negro Doing?—W. Clarence Jordan, | [190] |
| What Need Have I for Memory?—Mrs. Georgia Douglas Johnson, | [149] |
| While April Breezes Blow.—D. T. Williamson, | [260] |
| Winter Twilight, A.—Miss Angelina W. Grimké, | [153] |
| With the Lark.—Paul Laurence Dunbar, | [46] |
| Young Warrior, The.—J. W. Johnson, | [94] |
| Zalka Peetruza.—R. G. Dandridge, | [180] |
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