The Norton anthology of African American literature
Henry Louis Gates (Editor), Nellie Y. McKay (Editor)
An anthology of the works of 120 black writers, spanning two centuries, beginning with Lucy Terry's poem, Bars Fight. The anthology features poems, novels, essays, journals, spirituals, gospel, sermons, jazz--for a total of 2,700 pages
Print Book, English, 1997
W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1997