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Echavarria, Miguel Roman Perez, fl. 1946 "La Poesia Negra en America"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09834 Author/Creator: Echavarria, Miguel Roman Perez, fl. 1946 Place Written: Buenos Aires, Argentina Type: Book Date: 1946 Pagination: 166 p. : Order a Copy

One anthology entitled, "La Poesia Negra en America," by Miguel Roman Perez Echavarria printed in 1946. Includes a foreward by Echavarria recounting the need for black poetry. Anthology features works by black poets from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, parts of North and South America.

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