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"Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky." -- Arna Bontemps


Arnaud "Arna" Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 - June 4, 1973) was a well-known American poet and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. As the librarian at Fisk University, he established important collections of African-American literature and culture, establishing it as an important goal of scholarly study.

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Total Books: 19
Boy of the Border
2009 - Boy of the Border (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780979098703
ISBN-10: 097909870X
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Drums at Dusk
2009 - Drums at Dusk [Library of Southern Civilization] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780807134399
ISBN-10: 0807134392
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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God Sends Sunday A Novel
2005 - God Sends Sunday a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780743268912
ISBN-10: 0743268911
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Chariot in the Sky A Story of the Jubilee Singers
2002 - Chariot in the Sky a Story of the Jubilee Singers [Iona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature.] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780195156584
ISBN-10: 0195156587
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Popo and Fifina
2000 - Popo and Fifina (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780195139396
ISBN-10: 0195139399
Genre: Children's Books
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The Pasteboard Bandit
1997 - The Pasteboard Bandit [The Iona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780195114768
ISBN-10: 0195114760
Genre: Children's Books
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Stories from the Black Experience
1997 - Stories From the Black Experience [Lernmaterialien] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783125793002
ISBN-10: 3125793009
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Popo and Fifina
1993 - Popo and Fifina [Iona and Peter Opie Library] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780195087659
ISBN-10: 0195087658
Genre: Children's Books
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Five Black Lives The Autobiographies of Venture Smith James Mars William Grimes The Rev G W Offley and James L Smith
Story of the Negro
Story of the Negro (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780394816906
ISBN-10: 0394816900
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Story of the Negro
Story of the Negro (Other)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780394916903
ISBN-10: 0394916905
Genre: Children's Books
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SadFaced Boy
Sadfaced Boy (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780395066430
ISBN-10: 0395066433
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We Have Tomorrow
We Have Tomorrow (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780395066461
ISBN-10: 0395066468
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Fast Sooner Hound
Fast Sooner Hound (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780395186572
ISBN-10: 0395186579
Genre: Children's Books
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Black Thunder
Black Thunder (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780807064290
ISBN-10: 0807064297
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Lonesome Boy
Lonesome Boy [Beacon Press Night Lights] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780807083079
ISBN-10: 0807083070
Genre: Children's Books
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Famous Negro Athletes
Famous Negro Athletes (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780815205067
ISBN-10: 0815205066
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