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Paperback: 450 pages
Publisher: Howard University Press (March 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0882580280
ISBN-13: 978-0882580289
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
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Kenneth Burke by Armin Paul Frank on page 126, and Back Matter
Our America (BCL1 - U.S. History) by Waldo David Frank on page 114, and page 125
Hall of Fame by Morgan E. Hughes in Front Matter
Black Drama in America: An Anthology by Darwin T. Turner in Front Matter
Afro-American Writers (Goldentree Bibliographies in Language & Literature) by Darwin T. Turner in Front Matter

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