Terry
Wheatley
Walker
Equiano
Stewart
Douglass
Brown
Truth
Jacobs
Horton
Whitfield
Harper
Wilson
Grimke
Washington
Chesnutt
Cooper
Hopkins
DuBois
J. W. Johnson
Corrothers
Dunbar
Nelson
Braithwaite
F. Johnson

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I, 11215 Timothy E. Trask, Professor

The Academy of American Poets Site

Brief Bio and Timeline

Another bio and portrait

PAL site with two photos

Johnson's Life and Career

"The Creation" (recitation by Arna Bontemps)

Notes on "The Creation" and "God's Trombones"

Johnson's Preface to The Book of American Negro Poetry

University of South Carolina Site

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black National Anthem

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" music online (RealPlayer)

Teaching and Research Tips

Selected Poems Online

James Weldon Johnson's Grave

African-American Literature
   (most complete collection I've found)

Website for American Authors

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