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I, too, sing America three centuries of African-American poetry

A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Clinton, Catherine, 1952-, Alcorn, Stephen (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Subjects:	Children's poetry, American > African American authors. African Americans > Juvenile poetry. African Americans > Poetry. American poetry > African American authors.
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Summary:	A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.
Physical Description:	128 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN:	0395895995
Author Notes:	Stephen Alcorn is an acclaimed painter and printmaker who has created artwork for a number of anthologies and picture books, including Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, and I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry by Catherine Clinton. He lives in Cambridge, New York. Visit Stephen Alcorn at alcorngallery.com. Catherine Clinton earned her undergraduate degree in Afro-American studies from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in history from Princeton. She is the author of many historical works for children and adults, and has taught African American Studies at Brandeis University, Brown University, Harvard University, and Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland . Dr. Clinton lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she's Denman Professor of American History at the University of Texas San Antonio.