Lamar Public Library

In a powerful poem accompanied by majestic paintings of influential men, Shange reflects on her childhood when her home was often filled with visionaries and talented artists like Ellington, DuBois, Gillespie, and Robeson.

Poem in several voices and the story of the skeletal remains of a slave whose skeleton was kept on display in a museum.

Poems about African Americans throughout U.S. history, illustrated with historic engravings and photographs.

A selection of poems by the African-American poet who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and was named Poet Laureate in 1993.

Poems by Nathaniel, a spirited nine-year-old poet who raps and rhymes about what it's like to be nine, his education, and his family life. Includes instructions for children on how to create a twelve-bar blues poem.

A collection of poetry captures the pain and triumph of being black and tells of history and heartbreak and love.

Pairs twenty works of art by African-American artists with twenty poems by twenty African-American poets.