The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children


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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. (6 hr 32 min)

Chapters

Forword and Introduction 8:04 Read by Diana Schmidt
The Boy and the Bayonet 16:44 Read by Jim Locke
The Beginnings of a Mississippi School 3:25 Read by Matthew Datcher
Up From Slavery: The Struggle for an Education 7:43 Read by Jim Locke
Booker T. Washington: A Student's Memory of him 3:43 Read by Matthew Datcher
Anna-Margaret 8:23 Read by Jim Locke
Charity 0:55 Read by Jim Locke
My First School 13:52 Read by Jim Locke
Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes 3:46 Read by Jim Locke
The Land of Laughter 8:48 Read by Jim Locke
The Web of Circumstance 1:08 Read by Jim Locke
Is the Game Worth the Candle? 9:59 Read by Matthew Datcher
O Black and Unknown Bards 3:16 Read by Jim Locke
The Greatest Menace of the South 10:21 Read by Jim Locke
The Enchanted Shell 2:35 Read by Jim Locke
Behind a Georgia Mule 9:22 Read by Jim Locke
Hayti and Toussant L'Ouverture 9:22 Read by Jim Locke
His Motto 10:15 Read by Jim Locke
The Months 4:30 Read by Jim Locke
The Colored Cadet at West Point 8:08 Read by Matthew Datcher
An Hymn to the Evening 1:39 Read by Jim Locke
Going to School under Difficulties 8:17 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Brave Son 1:11 Read by Matthew Datcher
Victory 12:59 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Dog and the Clever Rabbit 3:40 Read by Kalynda
The Boy and the Ideal 3:36 Read by Matthew Datcher
Children at Easter 1:57 Read by Matthew Datcher
Abraham Lincoln 5:22 Read by Jim Locke
Rondeau 1:17 Read by Matthew Datcher
How I Escaped 12:21 Read by Matthew Datcher
Frederick Douglass 10:05 Read by Jim Locke
Incident in the Life of Frederick Douglass 2:18 Read by Jim Locke
Animal Life in the Congo 11:36 Read by Jim Locke
Co-operation and the Latin Class 7:46 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Band of Gideon 2:12 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Home of the Colored Girl Beautiful 4:54 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Knighting of Donald 8:31 Read by Matthew Datcher
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole 12:36 Read by Matthew Datcher
Benjamin Banneker 4:49 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Negro Race 1:10 Read by Matthew Datcher
Paul Cuffe 10:45 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Black Fairy 9:01 Read by Matthew Datcher
It's a Long Way 1:07 Read by Matthew Datcher
Negro Music that Stirred France 9:23 Read by Matthew Datcher
November 11, 1918 3:00 Read by Matthew Datcher
Sea Lyric 1:05 Read by Matthew Datcher
A Negro Woman's Hospitality 4:11 Read by Matthew Datcher
Record of "The Old Fifteenth" in France 2:41 Read by Matthew Datcher
Negro Soldiers 1:30 Read by Matthew Datcher
The "Devil Bush" and the "Greegree Bush" 5:42 Read by Matthew Datcher
Evening Prayer 1:16 Read by Jim Locke
The Strenuous Life 4:01 Read by Matthew Datcher
O Little David, Play on your Harp 1:09 Read by Matthew Datcher
A Day at Kalk Bay, South Africa 4:18 Read by Matthew Datcher
Bishop Atticus G. Haygood 2:42 Read by Jim Locke
How Two Colored Captains Fell 2:15 Read by Matthew Datcher
The Young Warrior 1:22 Read by Jim Locke
Whole Regiments Decorated 1:08 Read by Matthew Datcher
On Planting Artichokes: From the Life of Scott Bond 6:36 Read by Jim Locke
A Song of Thanks 3:22 Read by Matthew Datcher
Our Dumb Animals 2:32 Read by Matthew Datcher
A Legend of the Blue Jay 3:41 Read by Jim Locke
David Livingstone 6:21 Read by Matthew Datcher
Ira Aldridge 6:50 Read by Jim Locke
Fifty Years: 1863-1913 5:35 Read by Jim Locke
A Great Kingdom in the Congo 25:00 Read by Jim Locke
Pillars of the State 1:16 Read by Matthew Datcher
Oath of Afro-American Youth 1:48 Read by Matthew Datcher