African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 14 and up When Ebens and Nitz pled

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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333) : A Library of America Anthology Ages 14 and up When Ebens and Nitz pledA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the presentOnly now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage