[1] Hundreds of poems were written and published by African Americans during the era, which covered a wide variety of themes.
[2] The Poetry Foundation wrote that poets in the Harlem Renaissance "explored the beauty and pain of black life and sought to define themselves and their community outside of white stereotypes.
"[1] Poets such as Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, and Countee Cullen became well known for their poetry, which was often inspired by jazz.
James Hardy Dillard wrote the introduction, and the 250 page first edition of the book was published in 1924 by Trinity University Press.
The reviewer declared that the anthology "marks an epoch in the recognition of Negro achievements in this country" yet felt that "we cannot conclude the literary productions of these poets have thereby been properly evaluated".
they fall back repeatedly into an empty, non-committal commentary or a carefully tolerant, bordering on the patronizing, attitude."
Similarly, Schroeder, a Canadian poet, criticized the division of literature into "black" and "white" camps, saying that it is "not differentiated by colors".