My Soul Has Grown Deep:
Classics of Early African-American Literature
by John Edgar Wideman

From inside front cover:

Unsurpassed in their power and depth of insight, African-American writers have produced some of the richest and most eloquent works in the American literary canon. In both famous and neglected works, black authors from colonial days on have related their struggles and achievements in haunting personal narratives, inspiring oratory, and impassioned verse. What has so far been missing is a truly representative sampling of early black American literature, cutting across genres and featuring literary icons like Frederick Douglas and W.E.B. DuBois, as well as including lesser-known works such as The Life and Adventures of Nat Love and A Red Record by Ida B. Wells. Here for the first time, these 12 works are collected in a single volume and recognized as "classics" of African-American literature.

My Soul Has Grown Deep:
Classics of Early African-American Literature
by John Edgar Wideman

ISBN: 0762410353
Publisher: Running Press 
Publication Date: 2001
Format: Hardcover, 1270 pages
Book Type: Overstock
Condition: New