8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.), original decorated boards (some edge and corner wear to boards, incl. light crease to back board, light edge wear to interior pages). This book was an offering (No. 7) in a series entitled "Bronze Booklets", which looked at "the history, problems and cultural contributions of the Negro." The volume was compiled by Black scholar and Howard professor Sterling A. Brown and details the contribution of Black people to American drama and poetry.

[With:] MEARNS, Hugh, General Editor. The Pamphlet Poets. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1927. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.), stapled paper wrappers (front cover fully separated with chipping and edge loss, some toning, edge wear to interior pages).
Printed by Simon and Schuster as part of the series "Four Negro Poets," the pamphlet contains poems by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Jean Toomer, and includes an introduction by Alain Locke.