SPECTRUM IN BLACK POEMS by 20TH CENTURY BLACK POETS Etheridge Knight, Don L. Lee
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"This two-record album includes forty-nine poems by twenty-eight 20th century black poets. These poems were chosen from hundreds of published and unpublished poems, many of which were presented to classes on tape and discussed with students and teachers. The poems included here were chosen to be recorded because they represent a spectrum of modern, black, poetic expression in structure, theme, and emotional content. The protest, love, anger, personal incident, historical perspective, and portraiture inherent in these selections offer insight into 20th century black literary America."
RECORD 1 - SIDE ONE
     BAND 1
  • HERO by Don L. Lee - read by Ira Roger
  • PORTRAIT by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers
  • INCIDENT by Countee Cullen - read by David McKnight
     BAND 2
  • IF THERE BE SORROW by Mari Evans - read by Louise Jenkins
  •  WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? by Mari Evans - read by Yolande Bryant 
  • THEY SAY by Beatrice M. Murphy - read by Suki Jones
  
   BAND 3
  • MOSE by Sterling A. Brown - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • GET UP, BLUES by James A. Emanuel - read by Suki Jones
  • TWO JAZZ POEMS by Carl Wendell Hines, Jr. - read by David McKnight

   BAND 4
  • CROSS by Langston Hughes - read by Suki Jones
  • THE BALLAD OF SUE ELLEN WESTERFIELD by Robert Hayden - read by Robert Hayden 
  • OUTCAST by Claude McKay - read by David McKnight
  • THE VISITATION by Sun-Ra - read by Ira Rogers

RECORD 1 SIDE TWO
     BAND 1
  • WE REAL COOL by Gwendolyn Brooks - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • POEM FOR BROTHER / FOR THE NATION by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers
  • NIKKI-ROSA by Nikki Giovanni - read by Suki Jones
  • 47th AND VINCENNES / CHICAGO by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers 

    BAND 2
  • A POEM FOR A POET by Don L. Lee - read by David McKnight
  • A VIEW FROM THE WHITE HELMET by James A. Emanuel - read by Ira Rogers
  • BLACK WARRIOR by Norman Jordan - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • EVOLUTION by johari amini - read by David McKnight
          BAND 3
  • FOR SISTUHS WEARIN' STRAIGHT HAIR by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers
  • AN ASIDE by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers

    BAND  4
  • FOR MY PEOPLE by Margaret Walker - read by Louise Jenkins

RECORD 2 SIDE ONE
    BAND 1
  • ATTENDANCE by Cynthia Connelly - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • THE WARDEN SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY by Etheridge Knight - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • SONG OF TOM by Kirk Hall - read by David McKnight
  • FOR A LADY I KNOW by Countee Cullen- read by Suki Jones
  • PREFACE TO A TWENTY VOLUME SUICIDE NOTE by LeRoi Jones - read by Roy Wood

    BAND 2  
  • FOR SAPPHIRES by Carolyn Rodgers - read by Carolyn Rodgers
  • BLACK WOMAN by Andrew Gale - read by David McKnight
  • IF LOVE DIES by Julia Fields - read by Jeannette Williams
  • LONG DISTANCE by Carole Gregory - read by johari amini
  • THE WAY OF THINGS by Mari Evans - read by Dee Sun
      BAND 3

  • A PLAGUE OF STARLINGS by Robert Hayden - read by Robert Hayden
  • BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Richard Wright - read by David McKnight

    BAND 4
  • LOVE YOUR ENEMY by Yusef Iman - read by Harold Johnson

RECORD 2 SIDE TWO
     BAND 1
  • STEREO by Don L. Lee - read by Ira Rogers
  • NOW, ALL YOU CHILDREN by Ray Durem - read by David McKnight
  • FEEDING THE LIONS by Norman Jordan - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
  • LOVE FROM MY FATHER by Carole Gregory - read by johari amini
  • FOR AN ANCESTOR by johari amini - read by johari amini
  • HE SEES THROUGH STONE by Etheridge Knight - read by David McKnight

     BAND 2
  • SONG FOR A DARK GIRL by Langston Hughes - read by Suki Jones
  • A BLACK MAN TALKS OF REAPING by Arna Bontemps - read by Ira Rogers
  • FROM THE DARK TOWER by Countee Cullen - read by Louise Jenkins
  • HARLEM by Langston Hughes - read by Yolande Bryant  
    BAND 3
   ELEGY:  A PLAIN BLACK BOY by  Gwendolyn Brooks - read by Mark Williams with Sarnie Garrett on guitar
   BAND 4 
 STRONG MEN by Sterling A. Brown - read by David McKnight 
This double vinyl record set is truly a rare African American find that would add great value to any library or collection.  Historians, Researchers and Students would appreciate this treasure.


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