The reward / James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Mac McGill -- Two Americans / Florence Lewis Bentley, adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden, color by Adrian Johnson -- On being Crazy / W.E. B. Du Bois, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kyle Baker -- The negro / Langston Hughes, illustrated by Stan Shaw -- Danse Africaine / Langston Hughes / illustrated by Afua Richardson -- A carnival jangle / Alice Dunbar Nelson / adapted and illustrated by Lance Tooks -- The castaways / Claude McKay, illustrated by Glenn Brewer -- America / Claude McKay, illustrated by John Jennings -- Lawing and jawing / Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Arie Monroe -- Lex Talionis / Robert W. Bagnall, adapted by Christopher Priest, illustrated by Jim Webb -- Becky / Jean Toomer, adapted by Mat Johnson, illustrated by Kenjji -- In the matter of two men / James D. Corrothers, illustrated by Kenjji -- Sympathy / by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Lance Tooks -- We wear the mask / Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Larry Poncho Brown -- Buyers of dreams / Ethel M. Caution, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Leilani Hickerson -- The bronze legacy / Effie Lee Newsome, illustrated by Keith Mallett -- The Goophered grapevine / Charles W. Chesnutt / adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Shepherd Hendrix -- Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U meets Cleopatra / Leila Amos Pendleton , adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kevin J. Taylor -- De cunjah man / James Edwin Campbell, illustrated by Masheka Wood -- Filling station / Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Milton Knight -- The ghost of Deacon Brown / James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Jeremy Love -- Aunt Chloe's politics / Frances E.W. Harper, illustrated by Titus V. Thomas -- Shalmanezer / Frances E.W. Harper, adapted & illustrated by Lance Tooks.
Summary:
"Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [et al.]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [et al.]"--Cover p. [4].
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