Gathering a representative sampling of the New Negro Movement's most important figures, and providing substantial introductory essays, headnotes, and brief biographical notes, Lewis' volume—organized chronologically—includes the poetry and prose of Sterling Brown, Countee Cullen, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, and others.

An interesting historical record. But the entries themselves were not that great ( )

includes short stories & essays by WEB DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Nora Zeale Hurston, and Angelina Grimke. a good collection from a rich period in American literature ( )