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Page xiii
... later ; consequently , there is no proof when her poem was composed . Under the circumstances , whatever credit she deserves should be that reserved for the unnamed creators of the spirituals and other forms of folk art . The most ...
... later ; consequently , there is no proof when her poem was composed . Under the circumstances , whatever credit she deserves should be that reserved for the unnamed creators of the spirituals and other forms of folk art . The most ...
Page xviii
... later by Willis Richardson's Plays and Pageants of Negro Life , and in 1935 Richardson collaborated with May Miller in editing Negro History in Thirteen Plays . These three publications were the only anthologies of Negro drama for many ...
... later by Willis Richardson's Plays and Pageants of Negro Life , and in 1935 Richardson collaborated with May Miller in editing Negro History in Thirteen Plays . These three publications were the only anthologies of Negro drama for many ...
Page 332
... Later the family moved to Lansing , Michigan , where the father , who was a Baptist preacher , devoted most of his time to promoting the cause of the United Negro Improve- ment Association of which Marcus Garvey was the founder and ...
... Later the family moved to Lansing , Michigan , where the father , who was a Baptist preacher , devoted most of his time to promoting the cause of the United Negro Improve- ment Association of which Marcus Garvey was the founder and ...
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