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