Graphic Classics Volume 22: African-American Classics (Graphic Classics, 22) - Softcover

Hughes, Langston; Hurston, Zora Neale; Du Bois, W.E.B.; Toomer, Jean; Dunbar, Paul Laurence; Nelson, Alice Dunbar; Chesnutt, Charles W.; McKay, Claude; Bentley, Florence Lewis; Harper, Frances E.W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982563043 ISBN 13: 9780982563045

Publisher: Eureka Productions, 2012

Synopsis

• African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America's earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are "Two Americans" by Florence Lewis Bentley, "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "Becky" by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora Neale Hurston, and six more tales of humor and tragedy. Also featured are eleven poems, including Langston Hughes' "Danse Africaine" and "The Negro", plus Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy" ('I know why the caged bird sings...')

About this title

Product Description:

African-American Classics presents 23 stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists, including Florence Lewis Bentley's 'Two Americans,' adapted by Alex Simmons and Trevor Von Eeden; NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois' 'On Being Crazy,' by Kyle Baker; Langston Hughes' 'The Negro,' by Stan Shaw and Afua Richardson; Zora Neale Hurston's short play 'Filling Station' by Arie Monroe and Milton Knight, and many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Eureka Productions
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0982563043
• ISBN 13: 9780982563045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Pomplun Tom, Tooks Lance