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Mearns, Hughes, 1875-1965 The Pamphlet Poets

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.251 Author/Creator: Mearns, Hughes, 1875-1965 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1927 Pagination: 30 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "The Pamphlet Poets," dated 1927. Contains poems by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Jean Toomer. Includes an introduction by Alain Locke.

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
McKay, Claude, 1889-1948
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
African American History
African Americans
Black Author
Harlem Renaissance
Writers
Poetry
The Roaring Twenties

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