The Weary Blues is a poem written by Langston Hughes. In this poem it talks about a black man who is tired of his troubles.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is a black poet, writer, novelist, and playwright. In his works he portrayed how life was for African-Americans from the 1920's to the 1960's.
In time of Silver Rain
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
Jean Toomer
Jessie Fauset
Jessie Fauset (1882-1961) received her undergraduate degree for Classical Languages from Cornell University & her Master's in French from the University of Pennsylvania. She was an editor of the Crisis from 1919 to 1926.
Day Breakers
The Day Breakers is a poem about the struggles of African-Americans during the 1900's. It is conveying how they were beat down by the white people, but they refuse to resort to violence even though this has happened.
Arna Bontemps
Arna Bontemps was a poet, novelist, and librarian. He was born in 1902 and died 1973. He published poems while teaching at the Harlem Academy.
Story of a Negro
A book written by Arna Bontemps about how African-Americans originated in Africa and were brought to America through slavery. The second part of it is about the history of the civil war and how they had to work menial jobs to get money.
Gwendolyn Bennet
Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) went to Columbia University and the Pratt institute at the same time. She received degrees from both of them in 1924. She worked as the assistant to an editor of Opportunity, a National Urban League academic journal.
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) graduated from Atlanta University and worked as the principal of a grammar school. He also founded the newspaper, Daily American.
