African-American classics

Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 (Added Author). Bentley, Florence Lewis (Added Author). Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 (Added Author). Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Added Author). Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 (Added Author). McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 (Added Author). Hurston, Zora Neale. (Added Author). Bagnall, Robert W. (Added Author). Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 (Added Author). Corrothers, James David, 1869-1917 (Added Author). Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 (Added Author). Caution, Ethel M. (Added Author). Newsome, Effie Lee, 1885-1979 (Added Author). Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 (Added Author). Pendleton, Leila Amos, 1860- (Added Author). Campbell, James Edwin, 1867-1895 (Added Author). Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911 (Added Author). Pomplun, Tom. (Added Author). Tooks, Lance. (Added Author). Richardson, Afua. (Added Author).

Summary: "Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [et al.]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [et al.]"--Cover p. [4].

Record details

ISBN: 9780982563045 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0982563043 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (144 p.) : chiefly col. ill.
Publisher: Mount Horeb, Wis. : Eureka ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	The reward / James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Mac McGill -- Two Americans / Florence Lewis Bentley, adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden, color by Adrian Johnson -- On being Crazy / W.E. B. Du Bois, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kyle Baker -- The negro / Langston Hughes, illustrated by Stan Shaw -- Danse Africaine / Langston Hughes / illustrated by Afua Richardson -- A carnival jangle / Alice Dunbar Nelson / adapted and illustrated by Lance Tooks -- The castaways / Claude McKay, illustrated by Glenn Brewer -- America / Claude McKay, illustrated by John Jennings -- Lawing and jawing / Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Arie Monroe -- Lex Talionis / Robert W. Bagnall, adapted by Christopher Priest, illustrated by Jim Webb -- Becky / Jean Toomer, adapted by Mat Johnson, illustrated by Kenjji -- In the matter of two men / James D. Corrothers, illustrated by Kenjji -- Sympathy / by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Lance Tooks --
Target Audience Note:	"Recommended for ages 12 to adult"--Cover p. [4].
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.