INDEX INTRODUCTION THE UPWARD PATH THE BOY AND THE BAYONET PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BEGINNINGS OF A MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW UP FROM SLAVERY The Struggle for an Education BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOOKER T. WASHINGTON A Student's Memory of Him WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW ANNA-MARGARET AUGUSTA BIRD CHARITY H. CORDELIA RAY MY FIRST SCHOOL W. E. B. DUBOIS ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE LAND OF LAUGHTER ANGELINA W. GRIMKE THE WEB OF CIRCUMSTANCE CHARLES W. CHESNUTT IS THE GAME WORTH THE CANDLE? JAMES E. SHEPARD O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE GREATEST MENACE OF THE SOUTH WILLIAM J. EDWARDS THE ENCHANTED SHELL H. CORDELIA RAY BEHIND A GEORGIA MULE JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HAYTI AND TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE W. E. B. DUBOIS HIS MOTTO LOTTIE BURRELL DIXON THE MONTHS H. CORDELIA RAY THE COLORED CADET AT WEST POINT LIEUT. HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER, U. S. A. AN HYMN TO THE EVENING PHYLLIS WHEATLEY GOING TO SCHOOL UNDER DIFFICULTIES WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW THE BRAVE SON ALSTON W. BURLEIGH VICTORY WALTER F. WHITE THE DOG AND THE CLEVER RABBIT A. O. STAFFORD THE BOY AND THE IDEAL JOSEPH S. COTTER CHILDREN AT EASTER C. EMILY FRAZIER ABRAHAM LINCOLN WILLIAM PICKENS RONDEAU JESSIE FAUSET HOW I ESCAPED FREDERICK DOUGLASS FREDERICK DOUGLASS W. H. CROGMAN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS ANIMAL LIFE IN THE CONGO WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD CO-OPERATION AND THE LATIN CLASS LILLIAN B. WITTEN THE BAND OF GIDEON JOSEPH S. COTTER THE HOME OF THE COLORED GIRL BEAUTIFUL AZALIA HACKLEY THE KNIGHTING OF DONALD LILLIAN B. WITTEN A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE MATTHEW A. HENSON BENJAMIN BANNEKER WILLIAM WELLS BROWN THE NEGRO RACE CHARLES W. ANDERSON PAUL CUFFE JOHN W. CROMWELL THE BLACK FAIRY FENTON JOHNSON IT'S A LONG WAY WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE NEGRO MUSIC THAT STIRRED FRANCE EMMETT J. SCOTT NOVEMBER 11, 1918 SEA LYRIC WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE A NEGRO WOMAN'S HOSPITALITY LEILA A. PENDLETON RECORD OF "THE OLD FIFTEENTH" IN FRANCE EMMETT J. SCOTT NEGRO SOLDIERS ROSCOE C. JAMISON THE "DEVIL BUSH" AND THE "GREEGREE BUSH" GEORGE W. ELLIS EVENING PRAYER H. CORDELIA RAY THE STRENUOUS LIFE SILAS X. FLOYD O LITTLE DAVID, PLAY ON YOUR HARP JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR. A DAY AT KALK BAY, SOUTH AFRICA L. J. COPPIN BISHOP ATTICUS G. HAYGOOD W. H. CROGMAN HOW TWO COLORED CAPTAINS FELL RALPH W. TYLER THE YOUNG WARRIOR JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WHOLE REGIMENTS DECORATED EMMETT J. SCOTT ON PLANTING ARTICHOKES From the Life of Scott Bond DANIEL A. RUDD AND THEODORE BOND A SONG OF THANKS EDWARD SMYTH JONES OUR DUMB ANIMALS SILAS X. FLOYD A LEGEND OF THE BLUE JAY RUTH ANNA FISHER DAVID LIVINGSTONE BENJAMIN BRAWLEY IRA ALDRIDGE WILLIAM J. SIMMONS FIFTY YEARS 1863-1913 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A GREAT KINGDOM IN THE CONGO WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD