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The Making of African American Identity: Volume II, 1865-1917
Topic: FreedomTopic: IdentityTopic: InstitutionsTopic: PoliticsTopic: Forward
Topic: Forward
Toolbox Overview: The Making of African American Identity: Volume II, 1865-1917
Resource Menu: Forward
Text 1. 1913: Fifty Years
Text 2. Two Views
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Text 3. The NAACP
Text 4. Protest
Text 5. Popular Culture
Text 6. World War I
Text 7. 1917: Forward
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2.  Two Views
- Fenton Johnson, "Children of the Sun" and "Tired," poems, ca. 1915

      Fenton Johnson
Links
 Johnson:
  "Children of the Sun": www.bartleby.com/269/61.html
  "Tired": www.bartleby.com/269/63.html
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Great Books Online, Bartleby.com (James Weldon Johnson, ed., The Book of American Negro Poetry, 1922)
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