Toronto, Canada: The Free Press, 1968. Stated First Printing. Large octavo with blue cloth boards and black stamping; red, black and blue pictorial jacket; bibliography; index; 603p; 24cm Jacket is in very good condition with mild edgewear and bubbling,two small closed tears to rear of jacket; A near fine copy with very minor dampstain spots to top edge that do not affect the inner text block. Hardcover.
A voluminous collection of literature and poetry, from the "prophetic essays of W.E.B. DuBois, and the penetrating poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks--as well as in the other writing included in this volume--runs the assertion that the Negro's life is complex, varied, and compelling. [...] In this anthology, ninety-one selections from eloquent Negro writers illuminate a major aspect of the American spirit. Speaking for and of themselves, the authors--from Frederick Douglass to LeRoi Jones--are here presented through their most enduring works. [...] a remarkably wide range of work which deserves to be part of the heritage of American literature." --Jacket.
