University of Virginia Library



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The Book of
American Negro Poetry
CHOSEN AND EDITED
WITH AN ESSAY ON THE
NEGRO'S CREATIVE GENIUS

BY

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Author of "Fifty Years and Other Poems"

[ILLUSTRATION]
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY


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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.



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