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Sweet words so brave : the story of African American literature by Barbara K. Curry and James Michael Brodie is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sweet words so brave : the story of African American literature about?
Includes bibliographical references (page 64) A survey of the history of African American literature, from slave narratives to the present, told in the voice of a grandfather speaking to his granddaughter Maya Angelou. -- James Baldwin. -- Amiri Baraka. -- Gwendolyn Brooks. -- William Wells Brown. -- Charles W. Chesnutt. -- Countee Cullen. -- Frederick Douglass. -- W.E.B. DuBois. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar. -- Ralph Ellison. -- Olaudah Equiano. -- Nikki Giovanni. -- Alex Haley. -- Lorraine Hansberry. -- Langston Hughes. -- Zora Neale Hurston. -- James Weldon Johnson. -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Malcolm X. -- Paule Marshall. -- Claude McKay. -- Toni Morrison. -- Gordon Parks. -- Paul Robeson. -- Sonia Sanchez. -- Jean Toomer. -- Alice Walker. -- Phillis Wheatley. -- Richard Wright
Who reads Sweet words so brave : the story of African American literature?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Barbara K. Curry and James Michael Brodie
- Publisher
- Knowledge Unlimited, Inc., P.O. Box 52, Madison, WI 53701 ($24.95)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781559331791
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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