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"

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HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.

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GEORGE REGINALD MARGETSON

Stanzas from The Fledgling Bard and the Poetry So-

ciety