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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is by Jean Toomer. Toomer was a playwright, poet, novelist and critic, whose work was widely praised for its modern realism and…
Richmond Read-along 81
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a short story from Kelly Link. Link is an author and editor of short stories, as well as the…
Richmond Read-along 80
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Probably most widely known for his epic "Faust," Goethe was a poet, dramatist,…
Richmond Read-along 79
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Charles Dickens, in honour of the anniversary of his death 150 years ago on 9 June 1870. Best known…
Richmond Read-along 78
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by George Marion McClellan. Little is known about McClellan's early life, but like Du Bois he attended Fisk…
Richmond Read-along 77
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's story is from Du Bois. Du Bois was a writer, scholar and activist who is known for co-founding the National Association for the…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Anne Spencer. Spencer was a poet and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, despite living all her life…
Richmond Read-along 75
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a short story from Paul Laurence Dunbar, widely regarded to be America's first great black poet. Dunbar showed literary talent…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by John Jea, a preacher and author. Jea was abducted and sold into slavery as a young…
Richmond Read-along 73
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a story by Charles W Chesnutt. One of the first black Americans to be acknowledged as a great writer, Chesnutt's…