INDEX
INTRODUCTION
THE UPWARD PATH
THE BOY AND THE BAYONET
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
THE BEGINNINGS OF A MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL
WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
UP FROM SLAVERY
The Struggle for an Education
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
A Student's Memory of Him
WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
ANNA-MARGARET
AUGUSTA BIRD
CHARITY
H. CORDELIA RAY
MY FIRST SCHOOL
W. E. B. DUBOIS
ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
THE LAND OF LAUGHTER
ANGELINA W. GRIMKE
THE WEB OF CIRCUMSTANCE
CHARLES W. CHESNUTT
IS THE GAME WORTH THE CANDLE?
JAMES E. SHEPARD
O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
THE GREATEST MENACE OF THE SOUTH
WILLIAM J. EDWARDS
THE ENCHANTED SHELL
H. CORDELIA RAY
BEHIND A GEORGIA MULE
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
HAYTI AND TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
W. E. B. DUBOIS
HIS MOTTO
LOTTIE BURRELL DIXON
THE MONTHS
H. CORDELIA RAY
THE COLORED CADET AT WEST POINT
LIEUT. HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER, U. S. A.
AN HYMN TO THE EVENING
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
GOING TO SCHOOL UNDER DIFFICULTIES
WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
THE BRAVE SON
ALSTON W. BURLEIGH
VICTORY
WALTER F. WHITE
THE DOG AND THE CLEVER RABBIT
A. O. STAFFORD
THE BOY AND THE IDEAL
JOSEPH S. COTTER
CHILDREN AT EASTER
C. EMILY FRAZIER
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM PICKENS
RONDEAU
JESSIE FAUSET
HOW I ESCAPED
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
W. H. CROGMAN
INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
ANIMAL LIFE IN THE CONGO
WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD
CO-OPERATION AND THE LATIN CLASS
LILLIAN B. WITTEN
THE BAND OF GIDEON
JOSEPH S. COTTER
THE HOME OF THE COLORED GIRL BEAUTIFUL
AZALIA HACKLEY
THE KNIGHTING OF DONALD
LILLIAN B. WITTEN
A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE
MATTHEW A. HENSON
BENJAMIN BANNEKER
WILLIAM WELLS BROWN
THE NEGRO RACE
CHARLES W. ANDERSON
PAUL CUFFE
JOHN W. CROMWELL
THE BLACK FAIRY
FENTON JOHNSON
IT'S A LONG WAY
WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
NEGRO MUSIC THAT STIRRED FRANCE
EMMETT J. SCOTT
NOVEMBER 11, 1918
SEA LYRIC
WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
A NEGRO WOMAN'S HOSPITALITY
LEILA A. PENDLETON
RECORD OF "THE OLD FIFTEENTH" IN FRANCE
EMMETT J. SCOTT
NEGRO SOLDIERS
ROSCOE C. JAMISON
THE "DEVIL BUSH" AND THE "GREEGREE BUSH"
GEORGE W. ELLIS
EVENING PRAYER
H. CORDELIA RAY
THE STRENUOUS LIFE
SILAS X. FLOYD
O LITTLE DAVID, PLAY ON YOUR HARP
JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR.
A DAY AT KALK BAY, SOUTH AFRICA
L. J. COPPIN
BISHOP ATTICUS G. HAYGOOD
W. H. CROGMAN
HOW TWO COLORED CAPTAINS FELL
RALPH W. TYLER
THE YOUNG WARRIOR
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
WHOLE REGIMENTS DECORATED
EMMETT J. SCOTT
ON PLANTING ARTICHOKES
From the Life of Scott Bond
DANIEL A. RUDD AND THEODORE BOND
A SONG OF THANKS
EDWARD SMYTH JONES
OUR DUMB ANIMALS
SILAS X. FLOYD
A LEGEND OF THE BLUE JAY
RUTH ANNA FISHER
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
BENJAMIN BRAWLEY
IRA ALDRIDGE
WILLIAM J. SIMMONS
FIFTY YEARS
1863-1913
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
A GREAT KINGDOM IN THE CONGO
WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD