Sweet Words So Brave: The Story of African American Literature

"Tell me a story," says a little girl to her grandfather. So begins this one-of-a-kind look at the history of African American literature. from the first slave narratives and the poetry of Phillis Wheatley, through Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, to Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou, Sweet Words So Brave puts the literature in the context of American history and brings the lives, the times, and the extraordinary literary accomplishments of African American writers vividly to life. This is a book to cherish and share.