Table of Contents: “…Bennett (1902-1981) -- Heritage-- To a dark girl -- Arna bontemps (1902-1973) -- Black man talks of reaping -- Langston Hughes (1902-1967) -- Harlem -- Negro speaks of rivers -- Merry-go-round -- Cross -- Countee Cullea (1903-1946) -- Tableau -- Saturday's child -- Incident -- Margaret Walker (1915-1996) -- Sorrow home -- Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917) -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Malcolm X -- We real cool -- Maya Angelou (b. 1928) -- Still rise -- Audre Lorde (1934-1992) -- Rites of passage -- Amiri Baraka (b. 1934) -- In the year -- Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943) -- Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Alice Walker (b. 1944) -- Women -- Rita dove (b. 1952) -- Primer -- Editor's note -- Illustrator's note.…”