It's a Long Way

The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children

by VARIOUS ( - )

From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored children could read with interest and pleasure and in which they could find a mirror of the traditions and aspirations of their race." This reader from 1920 is a collection of writings by an impressive line-up of African-American writers, activists, and educators. "It is the hope that this little book will find a large welcome in all sections of the country and will bring good cheer and encouragement to the young readers who have so largely the fortunes of their race in their own hands." - Summary by kathrinee and the editors.

Listen next episodes of The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children:
A Day at Kalk Bay, South Africa , A Great Kingdom in the Congo , A Legend of the Blue Jay , A Negro Woman's Hospitality , A Song of Thanks , Bishop Atticus G. Haygood , David Livingstone , Evening Prayer , Fifty Years: 1863-1913 , How Two Colored Captains Fell , Ira Aldridge , Negro Music that Stirred France , Negro Soldiers , November 11, 1918 , O Little David, Play on your Harp , Oath of Afro-American Youth , On Planting Artichokes: From the Life of Scott Bond , Our Dumb Animals , Pillars of the State , Record of "The Old Fifteenth" in France , Sea Lyric , The "Devil Bush" and the "Greegree Bush" , The Strenuous Life , The Young Warrior , Whole Regiments Decorated