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An autobiography in which African-American poet Langston Hughes recounts his years in Harlem and Paris during the 1920s.

Narrated by a man whose light skin enables him to "pass" for white, describes his journey through African-American society from genteel aristocrats to the musicians of ragtime.

Complements Langston Hughes's earlier autobiography "The Big Sea, " telling of the African-American author's life, travels, and writing in the 1930s.

An anthology of poetry written by African-Americans.

A narrative interpretation of the civil-rights movement ranging from 1954 to 1980.

Describes the incredible adventures on the American whaling ship Grampus.