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Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

by Various

About this book

From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored children could read with interest and pleasure and in which they could find a mirror of the traditions and aspirations of their race." This reader from 1920 is a collection of writings by an impressive line-up of African-American writers, activists, and educators. "It is the hope that this little book will find a large welcome in all sections of the country and will bring good cheer and encouragement to the young readers who have so largely the fortunes of their race in their own hands." - Summary by kathrinee and the editors.

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  1. 1Forword and Introduction8:04 · read by Diana Schmidt
  2. 2The Boy and the Bayonet16:44 · read by Jim Locke
  3. 3The Beginnings of a Mississippi School3:25 · read by Matthew Datcher
  4. 4Up From Slavery: The Struggle for an Education7:43 · read by Jim Locke
  5. 5Booker T. Washington: A Student's Memory of him3:43 · read by Matthew Datcher
  6. 6Anna-Margaret8:23 · read by Jim Locke
  7. 7Charity0:55 · read by Jim Locke
  8. 8My First School13:52 · read by Jim Locke
  9. 9Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes3:46 · read by Jim Locke
  10. 10The Land of Laughter8:48 · read by Jim Locke
  11. 11The Web of Circumstance1:08 · read by Jim Locke
  12. 12Is the Game Worth the Candle?9:59 · read by Matthew Datcher
  13. 13O Black and Unknown Bards3:16 · read by Jim Locke
  14. 14The Greatest Menace of the South10:21 · read by Jim Locke
  15. 15The Enchanted Shell2:35 · read by Jim Locke
  16. 16Behind a Georgia Mule9:22 · read by Jim Locke
  17. 17Hayti and Toussant L'Ouverture9:22 · read by Jim Locke
  18. 18His Motto10:15 · read by Jim Locke
  19. 19The Months4:30 · read by Jim Locke
  20. 20The Colored Cadet at West Point8:08 · read by Matthew Datcher
  21. 21An Hymn to the Evening1:39 · read by Jim Locke
  22. 22Going to School under Difficulties8:17 · read by Matthew Datcher
  23. 23The Brave Son1:11 · read by Matthew Datcher
  24. 24Victory12:59 · read by Matthew Datcher
  25. 25The Dog and the Clever Rabbit3:40 · read by Kalynda
  26. 26The Boy and the Ideal3:36 · read by Matthew Datcher
  27. 27Children at Easter1:57 · read by Matthew Datcher
  28. 28Abraham Lincoln5:22 · read by Jim Locke
  29. 29Rondeau1:17 · read by Matthew Datcher
  30. 30How I Escaped12:21 · read by Matthew Datcher
  31. 31Frederick Douglass10:05 · read by Jim Locke
  32. 32Incident in the Life of Frederick Douglass2:18 · read by Jim Locke
  33. 33Animal Life in the Congo11:36 · read by Jim Locke
  34. 34Co-operation and the Latin Class7:46 · read by Matthew Datcher
  35. 35The Band of Gideon2:12 · read by Matthew Datcher
  36. 36The Home of the Colored Girl Beautiful4:54 · read by Matthew Datcher
  37. 37The Knighting of Donald8:31 · read by Matthew Datcher
  38. 38A Negro Explorer at the North Pole12:36 · read by Matthew Datcher
  39. 39Benjamin Banneker4:49 · read by Matthew Datcher
  40. 40The Negro Race1:10 · read by Matthew Datcher
  41. 41Paul Cuffe10:45 · read by Matthew Datcher
  42. 42The Black Fairy9:01 · read by Matthew Datcher
  43. 43It's a Long Way1:07 · read by Matthew Datcher
  44. 44Negro Music that Stirred France9:23 · read by Matthew Datcher
  45. 45November 11, 19183:00 · read by Matthew Datcher
  46. 46Sea Lyric1:05 · read by Matthew Datcher
  47. 47A Negro Woman's Hospitality4:11 · read by Matthew Datcher
  48. 48Record of "The Old Fifteenth" in France2:41 · read by Matthew Datcher
  49. 49Negro Soldiers1:30 · read by Matthew Datcher
  50. 50The "Devil Bush" and the "Greegree Bush"5:42 · read by Matthew Datcher
  51. 51Evening Prayer1:16 · read by Jim Locke
  52. 52The Strenuous Life4:01 · read by Matthew Datcher
  53. 53O Little David, Play on your Harp1:09 · read by Matthew Datcher
  54. 54A Day at Kalk Bay, South Africa4:18 · read by Matthew Datcher
  55. 55Bishop Atticus G. Haygood2:42 · read by Jim Locke
  56. 56How Two Colored Captains Fell2:15 · read by Matthew Datcher
  57. 57The Young Warrior1:22 · read by Jim Locke
  58. 58Whole Regiments Decorated1:08 · read by Matthew Datcher
  59. 59On Planting Artichokes: From the Life of Scott Bond6:36 · read by Jim Locke
  60. 60A Song of Thanks3:22 · read by Matthew Datcher
  61. 61Our Dumb Animals2:32 · read by Matthew Datcher
  62. 62A Legend of the Blue Jay3:41 · read by Jim Locke
  63. 63David Livingstone6:21 · read by Matthew Datcher
  64. 64Ira Aldridge6:50 · read by Jim Locke
  65. 65Fifty Years: 1863-19135:35 · read by Jim Locke
  66. 66A Great Kingdom in the Congo25:00 · read by Jim Locke
  67. 67Pillars of the State1:16 · read by Matthew Datcher
  68. 68Oath of Afro-American Youth1:48 · read by Matthew Datcher

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