[across two pages] BLACK OUT LOUD | [right page only] An Anthology of Modern Poems | by Black Americans | [left page only] DRAWINGS BY ALVIN HOLLINGSWORTH | [right page only] EDITED BY ARNOLD ADOFF | MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., INC. | New York | [line drawing of cityscape]
Copyright ©️ 1970 Arnold Adoff | Copyright ©️ 1970 Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
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[1 of 3] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks are due to the following for permission to include copyrighted selections: Imamu Ameer Baraka (LeRoi Jones) for "Black Art" (dedication page). Reprinted by permission of Ronald Hobbs Literary Agency.
[2 of 3] Black Dialogue Publications for "For Some Poets," "i remember . . .," "The Blues Today" and "i used to wrap my white doll up in" from Can I Poet with You? by Mae Jackson, ©️ 1969 by Mae Jackson. Paul Bremen Ltd. for "In defense of black poets" and "Watts" from The Still Voice of Harlem by Conrad Kent Rivers, London, 1968.
[3 of 3] Additional acknowledgements on pages 85 & 86 constitute an extension of this copyright page.
FOR MY DAUGHTER LEIGH | AND FOR ALL PROUD POETS
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Black Out Loud: An Anthology of Modern Poems by Black Americans (1970 Macmillan edition)
1970 edition published by Macmillan, New York