The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Benjamin Griffith Brawley. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literature and other arts including poets, artists, musicians, and orators. These range from well known figures such as poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and William Stanley Braithwaite to lesser known artists such as composer Will Marion Cook and sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller. Works from many of the authors discussed are available in the LibriVox catalog. (Summary by Larry Wilson) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (119MB)

Directors & creators

Benjamin Griffith Brawley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;biography; african-american; black history; American Literature; poets; frederick douglass; paul laurence dunbar; booker t. washington; samuel coleridge-taylor; phillis wheatley; meta warrick fuller; arts and letters; charles w. chesnutt; w. e. b. du bois; william stanley braithwai; george moses horton; albery a. whitman; henry o. tanner; harry t. burleigh; raymond augustus lawson; elizabeth taylor greenfield -; charles s. gilpin

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