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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
PRAISE FOR BLACK LIKE US
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1900–1950: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: “…THE PERFUMED ORCHID OF THE NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT”
ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON [1875–1935]
NATALIE [1898]
ANGELINA WELD GRIMKÉ [1880–1958]
THE CLOSING DOOR[1919]
LANGSTON HUGHES [1902–1967]
BLESSED ASSURANCE[1963]
WALLACE THURMAN [1902–1934]
FROM INFANTS OF THE SPRING[1932]
RICHARD BRUCE NUGENT [1902–1987]
SMOKE, LILIES, AND JADE[1925]
COUNTEE CULLEN [1903–1946]
FROM ONE WAY TO HEAVEN [1932]
1950–1980: THE PROTEST ERA: “I DREAM OF YOUR FREEDOM/AS MY VICTORY…”
OWEN DODSON [1914–1983]
FROM BOY AT THE WINDOW [1951]
JAMES BALDWIN [1924–1987]
FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY [1962]
ROSA GUY [1925–]
FROM RUBY [1976]
AUDRE LORDE [1934–1992]
FROM ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME [1982]
SAMUEL R. DELANY [1942–]
AYE, AND GOMORRAH…. [1967]
RED JORDAN AROBATEAU [1943–]
FROM SUZIE Q [1978]
JULIE BLACKWOMON [1943–]
SYMBOLS [1990]
ALICE WALKER [1944–]
THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED [2000]
MICHELLE CLIFF [1946–]
ECCE HOMO [2000]
CHERYL CLARKE [1947–]
WOMEN OF SUMMER [1977]
1980–2000: COMING OUT BLACK, LIKE US: “NOW I SPEAK AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHTENED…”
BECKY BIRTHA [1948–]
IN THE LIFE [1987]
ALEXIS DEVEAUX [1948–]
BIRD OF PARADISE [1992]
JEWELLE GOMEZ [1948–]
FROM THE GILDA STORIES [1991]
MELVIN DIXON [1950–1992]
FROM VANISHING ROOMS [1991]
DONNA ALLEGRA [1953–]
DANCE OF THE CRANES [1997]
STEVEN CORBIN [1953–1994]
FROM A HUNDRED DAYS FROM NOW [1994]
CANAAN PARKER [1954–]
FROM THE COLOR OF TREES [1992]
APRIL SINCLAIR [1954–]
FROM COFFEE WILL MAKE YOU BLACK [1994]
LARRY DUPLECHAN [1956–]
FROM CAPTAIN SWING [1993]
E. LYNN HARRIS [1957–]
FROM INVISIBLE LIFE [1991]
SHAY YOUNGBLOOD [1959–]
FROM SOUL KISS [1997]
HELEN ELAINE LEE [1961–]
FROM THE SERPENT’S GIFT [1994]
RANDALL KENAN [1963–]
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH [1992]
JACQUELINE WOODSON [1963–]
FROM FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MELANIN SUN [1995]
BIL WRIGHT [1963–]
FROM SUNDAY YOU LEARN HOW TO BOX [2000]
DARIECK SCOTT [1964–]
FROM TRAITOR TO THE RACE [1995]
THOMAS GLAVE [1965–]
WHOSE SONG? [2000]
JAMES EARL HARDY [1966–]
FROM B-BOY BLUES [1994]
BRIAN KEITH JACKSON [1967–]
FROM WALKING THROUGH MIRRORS [1998]
MARCI BLACKMAN [1969–]
FROM PO MAN’S CHILD [1999]
NOTES
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE 1900–1950
THE PROTEST ERA 1950–1980
COMING OUT BLACK, LIKE US 1980–2000
PERMISSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1900–1950: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
1950–1980: THE PROTEST ERA
1980–2000: COMING OUT BLACK, LIKE US
ABOUT THE EDITORS
TO OUR READERS
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