Daniel Wallace Culp

Dedication.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CONTENTS

THE EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY, BY WALTER I. LEWIS.

TWENTIETH CENTURY NEGRO LITERATURE.

TOPIC I.

TOPIC II.

TOPIC III.

TOPIC IV.

TOPIC V.

TOPIC VI.

TOPIC VII.

TOPIC VIII.

TOPIC IX.

TOPIC X.

TOPIC XI.

TOPIC XII.

TOPIC XIII.

TOPIC XIV.

TOPIC XV.

TOPIC XVI.

TOPIC XVII.

TOPIC XVIII.

TOPIC XIX.

TOPIC XX.

TOPIC XXI.

TOPIC XXII.

TOPIC XXIII.

TOPIC XXIV.

TOPIC XXV.

TOPIC XXVI.

TOPIC XXVII.

TOPIC XXVIII.

TOPIC XXIX.

TOPIC XXX.

TOPIC XXXI.

TOPIC XXXII.

TOPIC XXXIII.

TOPIC XXXIV.

TOPIC XXXV.

TOPIC XXXVI.

TOPIC XXXVII.

TOPIC XXXVIII.

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TWENTIETH CENTURY
NEGRO LITERATURE

OR

A CYCLOPEDIA OF THOUGHT

ON THE

VITAL TOPICS RELATING
TO THE AMERICAN NEGRO

BY

ONE HUNDRED OF AMERICA'S
GREATEST NEGROES

EDITED AND ARRANGED
BY

D. W. CULP, A. M., M. D.

AN AUTHOR AND LECTURER, ETC.

COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED

WITH

One Hundred Fine Photo Engravings

PUBLISHED BY

J. L. NICHOLS & CO.

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Copyright 1902 by J. L. Nichols & Co.

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