Crossing the Danger Water: Three Hundred Years of African-American Writing

This comprehensive anthology of writing by and about African Americans offers a testament to their pervasive influence on American culture, from pre-Colonial times through contemporary voices.

With an extensive selection of poetry, prose, speeches, songs, documents, and letters, this collection showcases the diversity of African American experiences and perspectives.

Highlights include Olaudah Equiano's 1789 slave narrative, Sojourner Truth's powerful speech on gender and race, W.E.B.

Du Bois's influential essays on race and identity, Zora Neale Hurston's celebrated fiction and nonfiction, and Richard Wright's groundbreaking works on the African American experience.

This anthology supersedes previous collections and is essential for literary collections.