Great African-American Poetry Performed

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On this episode of Camera Three, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee perform poetry about the African-American experience. Excerpts include verses from Paul Laurence Dunbar, Sterling Brown, Frank Horne, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Margaret Walker
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Quiet Girl (1:03)
Apology for Rhyming (0:35)
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Morning After (0:40)
Homecoming (0:17)
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A Toast (0:28)
Border Line (0:19)
Tenebris (0:36)
Sister Lou (1:27)
When Malindy Sings (1:13)
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Foreclosure (1:36)
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