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I, Too, Sing America audiobook
- By: Catherine Clinton
- Narrator: Ashley Bryan
- Category: General, Juvenile Nonfiction, Poetry
- Length: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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I, Too, Sing America Audiobook Summary
Starting with Lucy Terry of the early eighteenth century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology edited by Catherine Clinton captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets. Powerful and diverse, I, Too, Sing America is a forum for voices baring their souls, speaking their minds, tracing their roots and proclaiming their dreams.
Each of the twenty-five poets is introduced with a brief biography and poetry notes to help the listener place their work in context. Included in the anthology is:
– “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes
– “Bars Fight” by Lucy Terry
– “Liberty and Peace” by Phillis Wheatley
– “On Liberty and Slavery” by George Moses Horton
– “Yes! Strike Again That Sounding String” by James M. Whitfield
– “Bury Me in a Free Land” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
– “The Song of the Smoke” by W.E.B. Du Bois
– “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson
– “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
– “The Black Finger” by Angelina Weld Grimke
– “Your World” and “Interracial” by Georgia Douglas Johnson
– “Children of the Sun” by Fenton Johnson
– “If We Must Die” and “The White House” by Claude McKay
– “Beehive” by Jean Toomer
– “Heritage” and “To a Dark Girl” by Gwendolyn Bennett
– “A Black Man Talks of Reaping” by Arna Bontemps
– “Harlem,” “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Merry-Go-Round,” and “Cross” by Langston Hughes
– “Tableau,” “Saturday’s Child,” and “Incident” by Countee Cullen
– “Sorrow Home” by Margaret Walker
– “Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Malcolm X,” and “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
– “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
– “Rites of Passage” by Audre Lorde
– “In the Year” by Amiri Baraka
– “The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Nikki Giovanni
– “Women” by Alice Walker
– “Primer” by Rita Dove
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I, Too, Sing America Audiobook Narrator
Ashley Bryan is the narrator of I, Too, Sing America audiobook that was written by Catherine Clinton
Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night. He is an author and beloved illustrator, and his picture book, Freedom over Me, was named a Newbery honor book. He has also been the recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and other awards and recognition.
About the Author(s) of I, Too, Sing America
Catherine Clinton is the author of I, Too, Sing America
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I, Too, Sing America Full Details
| Narrator | Ashley Bryan |
| Length | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Author | Catherine Clinton |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 19, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781609987220 |
Subjects
The publisher of the I, Too, Sing America is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is General, Juvenile Nonfiction, Poetry
Additional info
The publisher of the I, Too, Sing America is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781609987220.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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