Scholastic Black Literature Series: Major Black Writers

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Title

Scholastic Black Literature Series: Major Black Writers

This edition

"The Scholastic Black Literature Series: Major Black Writers" . Ed. Alma Murray and Robert Thomas. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971. 200 pp.

Other editions, reprints, and translations

• "Readings from Major Black Writers". Ed. Alma Murray. [New York]: Scholstic Records, 1971. 33 1/3 rpm record.
Contents of record: Beware: do not read this poem / Ishmael Reed (James Harris) (1:48) -- Scapegoat / Paul Laurence Dunbar (Helmar Cooper, narrator ; Marc Primus, Robinson Asbury ; Norman Butler, Mister Bingo, Judge) (25:49) -- Go down death / James Weldon Johnson (Marc Primus) (4:32) -- The man who saw the flood / Richard Wright (Marc Primus, narrator ; Saundra Sharp, girl ; Helmar Cooper, Pa ; Anna Horsford, Ma ; Norman Butler, Mister Burgess) (10:15) -- Brown river smile / Jean Toomer (Darryl Croxton) (9:00) -- For my people / Margaret Walker (Saundra Sharp) (4:30).
• "Major Black Writers: Teaching Guide". By Naomi Hamilton. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971. 128 pp.

Table of contents


pt. 1. Early writers -- pt. 2. Harlem Renaissance -- pt. 3. Langston Hughes -- pt. 4. Richard Wright -- pt. 5. Contemporary writers : Yesterday; Today; Tomorrow.

About the anthology


• A volume in the Scholastic Black literature series, which consists of: The journey. -- The scene. -- The search. -- The Black hero. -- Major Black writers. -- Black perspectives. -- Teaching guide.
• "Published in cooperation with Los Angeles City Schools" (WorldCat).

Cited in


• [not in Kinnamon 1997]

Item Number

A0164

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