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The Resource African-American classics, edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks

African-American classics, edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks

Label
African-American classics
Title
African-American classics
Statement of responsibility
edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks
Contributor
Adapter
Author
Colorist
Editor
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [and others]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [and others]"--Page 4 of cover
Member of
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
UKMGB
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
"Recommended for ages 12 to adult"--Page 4 of cover
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1871-1938
  • 1868-1963
  • 1902-1967
  • 1875-1935
  • 1890-1948
  • 1883-1943
  • 1894-1967
  • 1869-1917
  • 1872-1906
  • 1880-1981
  • 1885-1979
  • 1858-1932
  • 1860-
  • 1867-1896
  • 1825-1911
  • 1970-
  • 1961-
  • 1971-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Johnson, James Weldon
  • Bentley, Florence Lewis
  • Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Hughes, Langston
  • Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore
  • McKay, Claude
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • Bagnall, Robert W.
  • Toomer, Jean
  • Corrothers, James David
  • Dunbar, Paul Laurence
  • Caution, Ethel M.
  • Newsome, Effie Lee
  • Chesnutt, Charles W.
  • Pendleton, Leila Amos
  • Campbell, J. Edwin
  • Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins
  • Pomplun, Tom
  • Tooks, Lance
  • Richardson, Afua
  • McGill, Mac
  • Simmons, Alex
  • Von Eeden, Trevor
  • Johnson, Adrian
  • Baker, Kyle
  • Shaw, Stan
  • Brewer, Glenn
  • Jennings, John
  • Monroe, Arie
  • Priest, Christopher J.
  • Webb, Jim
  • Johnson, Mat
  • DuBurke, Randy
  • Kenjji
  • Brown, Larry Poncho
  • Hickerson, Leilani
  • Mallett, Keith
  • Hendrix, Shepherd
  • Taylor, Kevin J.
  • Wood, Masheka
  • Knight, Milton
  • Love, Jeremy
  • Thomas, Titus V.
Series statement
Graphic classics
Series volume
v. 22
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • American literature
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Slaves
  • African American abolitionists
  • African American abolitionists
  • Abolitionists
  • Abolitionists
  • African American authors
  • African American authors
  • Slaves' writings, American
  • United States
  • African Americans
  • Noirs américains
  • Noirs américains
  • Esclaves
  • Abolitionnistes noirs américains
  • Abolitionnistes noirs américains
  • Abolitionnistes
  • Abolitionnistes
  • Écrivains noirs américains
  • Écrivains noirs américains
  • Écrits d'esclaves américains
  • États-Unis
  • Abolitionists
  • African American abolitionists
  • African American authors
  • African Americans
  • American literature
  • Race relations
  • Slaves
  • Slaves' writings, American
  • United States
  • American literature
  • African Americans in literature
Label
African-American classics, edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Danse Africaine
  • Langston Hughes
  • illustrated by Afua Richardson
  • A carnival jangle
  • Alice Dunbar Nelson
  • adapted and illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • The castaways
  • Claude McKay, illustrated by Glenn Brewer
  • America
  • Claude McKay, illustrated by John Jennings
  • The reward
  • Lawing and jawing
  • Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Arie Monroe
  • Lex Talionis
  • Robert W. Bagnall, adapted by Christopher Priest, illustrated by Jim Webb
  • Becky
  • Jean Toomer, adapted by Mat Johnson, illustrated by Kenjji
  • In the matter of two men
  • James D. Corrothers, illustrated by Kenjji
  • Sympathy
  • by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Mac McGill
  • Two Americans
  • Florence Lewis Bentley, adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden, color by Adrian Johnson
  • On being Crazy
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kyle Baker
  • The negro
  • Langston Hughes, illustrated by Stan Shaw
  • adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Shepherd Hendrix
  • Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U meets Cleopatra
  • Leila Amos Pendleton, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kevin J. Taylor
  • De cunjah man
  • James Edwin Campbell, illustrated by Masheka Wood
  • Filling station
  • Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Milton Knight
  • The ghost of Deacon Brown
  • James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Jeremy Love
  • Aunt Chloe's politics
  • We wear the mask
  • Frances E.W. Harper, illustrated by Titus V. Thomas
  • Shalmanezer
  • Frances E.W. Harper, adapted & illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Larry Poncho Brown
  • Buyers of dreams
  • Ethel M. Caution, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Leilani Hickerson
  • The bronze legacy
  • Effie Lee Newsome, illustrated by Keith Mallett
  • The Goophered grapevine
  • Charles W. Chesnutt
Control code
751752024
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
144 pages
Isbn
9780982563045
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
9780982563045
Other physical details
chiefly color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)751752024
Label
African-American classics, edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Danse Africaine
  • Langston Hughes
  • illustrated by Afua Richardson
  • A carnival jangle
  • Alice Dunbar Nelson
  • adapted and illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • The castaways
  • Claude McKay, illustrated by Glenn Brewer
  • America
  • Claude McKay, illustrated by John Jennings
  • The reward
  • Lawing and jawing
  • Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Arie Monroe
  • Lex Talionis
  • Robert W. Bagnall, adapted by Christopher Priest, illustrated by Jim Webb
  • Becky
  • Jean Toomer, adapted by Mat Johnson, illustrated by Kenjji
  • In the matter of two men
  • James D. Corrothers, illustrated by Kenjji
  • Sympathy
  • by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Mac McGill
  • Two Americans
  • Florence Lewis Bentley, adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden, color by Adrian Johnson
  • On being Crazy
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kyle Baker
  • The negro
  • Langston Hughes, illustrated by Stan Shaw
  • adapted by Alex Simmons, illustrated by Shepherd Hendrix
  • Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U meets Cleopatra
  • Leila Amos Pendleton, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Kevin J. Taylor
  • De cunjah man
  • James Edwin Campbell, illustrated by Masheka Wood
  • Filling station
  • Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Milton Knight
  • The ghost of Deacon Brown
  • James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by Jeremy Love
  • Aunt Chloe's politics
  • We wear the mask
  • Frances E.W. Harper, illustrated by Titus V. Thomas
  • Shalmanezer
  • Frances E.W. Harper, adapted & illustrated by Lance Tooks
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Larry Poncho Brown
  • Buyers of dreams
  • Ethel M. Caution, adapted by Tom Pomplun, illustrated by Leilani Hickerson
  • The bronze legacy
  • Effie Lee Newsome, illustrated by Keith Mallett
  • The Goophered grapevine
  • Charles W. Chesnutt
Control code
751752024
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
144 pages
Isbn
9780982563045
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
9780982563045
Other physical details
chiefly color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)751752024

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