To Make a Poet Black

This classic study of American Black poetry, first published in 1939 and long out of print, is the work of perhaps the pre-eminent figure in Black Studies of the past two generations. A major contribution to the history of Black thought in America, it ranges widely, beginning in the late eighteenth century with Jupiter Hammon, the first American Black writer, and ending in the 1930s with Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. This classic study of American Black poetry, first published in 1939 and long out of print, is the work of perhaps the pre-eminent figure in Black Studies of the past two generations. A major contribution to the history of Black thought in America, it... -- Cornell University Press "...and bid him sing": J. Saunders Redding and the Criticism of American Negro Literature A.J. Saunders Redding Bibliography Preface Acknowledgments Contents 1. The Forerunners 2. Let Freedom Ring 3. Adjustment 4. Emergence of the New Negro Notes Bibliography Index