I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans
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Best Sellers Rank: 2784464 in Books
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0689808690
Language : English
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Revised edition
Publication Date : January 1, 1997
Pages : 192
This honest and poignant young adult poetry collection addresses many different experiences of what it means to be black.The quintessential African American, a proud, lonely, vulnerable yet independent human being who has forged out of hardship that combination of endurance, understanding, and spirit called soul. This illustrated book collects poems by Langston Hughes, Mari Evans, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, and many more.