HAP 69 - The Best We Have - The American Negro Academy
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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The Importance of Authenticity in Dialect Poetry
William Ferris was a member of the African American National Academy. He says Du Bois is an exemplar of more radical and ambitious figures. Dunbar's non-dialect poetry unmaskes beauty of blackness, he argues. The ANA took pride in distinct racial accomplishment but wanted it accepted as part of U.S. picture.
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