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Melvin B. Tolson
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Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898 – August 29, 1966) was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. His work concentrated on the experience of African Americans and includes several long historical poems. His work was influenced by his study of the Harlem Renaissance, although he spent nearly all of his career in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1947 Liberia named Tolson its poet laureate. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like The Rivers
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Poetry Speaks (Disc 2)
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Hear Great Poets Read, v. 2: Auden, Bishop, cummings, Jackson, Jarrell, Larkin, Lowell, MacNeice, Millay, O'Hara, Thomas, Tolson
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Poetry Speaks [Disc 2]
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Poetry Speaks Expanded (Disc 2)
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Poetry Speaks Expanded [Disc 2]
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Poetry Speaks
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Poetry speaks 2
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Hear Great Poets Read, Vol. 2: Auden, Bishop, Cummings, Jackson, Jarrell, Larkin, Lowell, MacNeice, Millay, O'Hara, Thomas, Tolson
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Poetry Speaks Disc 2 Disc 2
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers Disc 1
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Poetry Speaks Expanded