The Book and the Author
I Am The American Negro is a collection of poetry written by Frank Marshall Davis since the appearance in September, 1935, of his first volume, Black Man's Verse, which drew high critical praise as excerpts from reviews, printed on the outside and inside back cover, indicate.
This volume offers a varied excursion into the realms of free verse. From the title poem, which is a poetic drama to be read and not acted, the subject matter goes into the grimly realistic and the lyrically passionate, ending in the section, "Ebony Under Granite" (continued from Black Man's Verse), inspired by the Greek Anthology.
I Am The American Negro belongs in the libraries of all literate persons, both black and white, who are interested in brilliant free verse and the reaction of a Midwestern Negro to the American scene.
The author, Frank Marshall Davis, is a former Kansan now living in Chicago where he is feature editor and a syndicated columnist for the Associated Negro Press.
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