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Social Ethics and Moral Reflections

70 poems share this thematic neighbourhood.

african racial slavery

At the Closed Gate of Justice

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At the Closed Gate of Justice

James D. Corrothers

2 July 1869 - 12 February 1917 (~48)

Star of Ethiopia

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Star of Ethiopia

Lucian B. Watkins

25 May 1879 - 2 February 1921 (~42)

What Have I to Sorrow O'er?

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What Have I to Sorrow O'er?

George Reginald Margetson

1877 - c. 1952 (~75)

The Dawn's Awake!

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The Dawn's Awake!

Otto Leland Bohanan

c. 1895 - 6 December 1932 (~37)

Tired

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Tired

Fenton Johnson

7 May 1888 - 17 September 1958 (~70)

It Was Not Fate

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It Was Not Fate

William H. A. Moore

c. 1885 - 1960 (~75)

Go, Give the World

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Go, Give the World

Otto Leland Bohanan

c. 1895 - 6 December 1932 (~37)

Time to Die

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Time to Die

Raymond Garfield Dandridge

c. 1882 - 24 February 1930 (~48)

The Peon's Child

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The Peon's Child

Benjamin Griffith Brawley

22 April 1882 - 1 February 1939 (~57)

My Song

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My Song

Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.

12 February 1861 - 14 March 1949 (~88)

Serenity

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Serenity

Charles Bertram Johnson

5 October 1880 - 20 March 1958 (~78)

The Heart of a Woman

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The Heart of a Woman

Georgia Douglas Johnson

10 September 1880 - 15 May 1966 (~86)

Black Tambourine

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Black Tambourine

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

The Negro Soldiers

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The Negro Soldiers

Roscoe C. Jamison

c. 1888 - 28 March 1918 (~30)

America

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America

Alice Corbin

16 April 1881 - 18 July 1949 (~68)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

23 February 1868 - 27 August 1963 (~95)

Yield but thy love to me

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Yield but thy love to me

Robert Nathaniel Dett

11 October 1882 - 2 October 1943 (~61)

Plea of the Negro Soldier

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Plea of the Negro Soldier

Charles Frederick White

1876 - 1955 (~79)

Evil

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Evil

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

Meditations of a Negro's Mind, I

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Meditations of a Negro's Mind, I

Charles Frederick White

1876 - 1955 (~79)

Girl of Fifteen

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Girl of Fifteen

James Weldon Johnson

17 June 1871 - 26 June 1938 (~67)

Bread and Roses

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Bread and Roses

James Oppenheim

24 May 1882 - 4 August 1932 (~50)

Voice of Progress

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Voice of Progress

Richard Realf

14 June 1832 - 28 October 1878 (~46)

Good Night

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Good Night

Daniel Webster Davis

25 March 1862 - 11 October 1913 (~51)

A Love Dream

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A Love Dream

James Edwin Campbell

28 September 1867 - 26 January 1896 (~29)

Yet Do I Marvel

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Yet Do I Marvel

Countee Cullen

30 May 1903 - 9 January 1946 (~43)

The Poet and His Song

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The Poet and His Song

Paul Laurence Dunbar

27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)

On Being Brought from Africa to America

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On Being Brought from Africa to America

Phillis Wheatley

c. 1753 - 5 December 1784 (~31)

A Song of Thanks

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A Song of Thanks

Edward Smyth Jones

March 1881 - 28 September 1968 (~87)

The Teacher

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The Teacher

Leslie Pinckney Hill

14 May 1880 - 15 February 1960 (~80)

Remit

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Remit

Edward Smyth Jones

March 1881 - 28 September 1968 (~87)

A Creole Slave-Song

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A Creole Slave-Song

Maurice Thompson

9 September 1844 - 15 February 1901 (~57)

Sic Vita

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Sic Vita

William Stanley Braithwaite

6 December 1878 - 8 June 1962 (~84)

If I Had Known

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If I Had Known

Alice Dunbar Nelson

19 July 1875 - 18 September 1935 (~60)

Freedom, Our Queen

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Freedom, Our Queen

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

29 August 1809 - 7 October 1894 (~85)

Mother to Son

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Mother to Son

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

Oriflamme

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Oriflamme

Jessie R. Fauset

27 April 1882 - 30 April 1961 (~79)

Declaration

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Declaration

Fenton Johnson

7 May 1888 - 17 September 1958 (~70)

Mammy's Baby Scared

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Mammy's Baby Scared

Waverley Turner Carmichael

1881 - 1936 (~55)

Sun Song

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Sun Song

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

Opposition

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Opposition

Sidney Lanier

3 February 1842 - 7 September 1881 (~39)

Hatred

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Hatred

Gwendolyn B. Bennett

8 July 1902 - 30 May 1981 (~79)

American Names

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American Names

Stephen Vincent Benét

22 July 1898 - 13 March 1943 (~45)

If We Must Die

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If We Must Die

Claude McKay

15 September 1890 - 22 May 1948 (~58)

The Weary Blues

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The Weary Blues

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

The Slave Mother

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The Slave Mother

Frances E. W. Harper

24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911 (~86)

The Black Christ

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The Black Christ

Arthur Shearly Cripps

10 June 1869 - 1 August 1952 (~83)

The New Colossus

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The New Colossus

Emma Lazarus

22 July 1849 - 19 November 1887 (~38)

Chicken Blood

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Chicken Blood

Hervey Allen

8 December 1889 - 28 December 1949 (~60)

Ode

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Ode

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

Scalp-Dance

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Scalp-Dance

Lew R. Sarett

16 May 1888 - 17 August 1954 (~66)

Litany

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Litany

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

Freedom

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Freedom

John Barbour

c. 1316 - 13 March 1395 (~79)

The White Rooster

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The White Rooster

George O'Neil

13 September 1896 - 23 May 1940 (~44)

Harlem Night Song

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Harlem Night Song

Langston Hughes

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

The Quadroon Girl

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The Quadroon Girl

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Mammy's Cracklin' Bread

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Mammy's Cracklin' Bread

Theodore Henry Shackelford

29 May 1887 - 5 February 1923 (~36)

Africa

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Africa

Maria White Lowell

8 July 1821 - 27 October 1853 (~32)

We Wear the Mask

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We Wear the Mask

Paul Laurence Dunbar

27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)

America the Beautiful

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America the Beautiful

Katharine Lee Bates

12 August 1859 - 28 March 1929 (~70)

Attendite Popule

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Attendite Popule

Lady Jane Wilde

27 December 1821 - 3 February 1896 (~75)

The Slave Singing at Midnight

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The Slave Singing at Midnight

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Battle Song

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Battle Song

Ebenezer Elliott

17 March 1781 - 1 December 1849 (~68)

The African Chief

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The African Chief

William Cullen Bryant

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

Commencement

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Commencement

Theodore Henry Shackelford

29 May 1887 - 5 February 1923 (~36)

The Plan

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The Plan

Benjamin Griffith Brawley

22 April 1882 - 1 February 1939 (~57)

The Little Builders

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The Little Builders

Frances E. W. Harper

24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911 (~86)

Karintha

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Karintha

Jean Toomer

26 December 1894 - 30 March 1967 (~73)

Ain’t I A Woman?

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Ain’t I A Woman?

Sojourner Truth

c. 1797 - 26 November 1883 (~86)

Praise Song to the Elephant

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Praise Song to the Elephant

Credo Mutwa

21 July 1921 - 25 March 2020 (~99)

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