The Brown Thrush: Anthology of Verse by Negro Students. [Vol. 2]
Memphis: Malcolm-Roberts, (c. 1935). Copy No. 1133 of an unknown number of copies. Hardcover. indexes, 65p. Cloth. Mounted title-label on front. 22 cm. No jacket (did it ever have one?), Copy #141 of an unspecified number of copies. The is the second (and final) anthology with this title. It includes poetry from students at eight HBCUs (Atlanta, Fisk, Hampton, LeMoyne, Straight, Talladega, Tillotson, and Tougaloo). The two students with the most poems are *J. Henderson Brooks and *Hugh M. Gloster. The first volume with this title was edited by Lillian Welch Voorhees and Robert Welch O'Brien, published in 1932, and included poems by students from only two HBCU's (Talladega and Tougaloo). Very Good. Item #74055
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