This site houses three poems in full text from the great American poet Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982 CE), as well as criticism on two of his most famous. The three pieces are 'Baccalaureate', 'Two Poems from the War', and 'An Eternity'.

This site houses full texts of numerous poems by the American poet Hilda Doolittle. Among the poems are "Sheltered Garden," "Sea Poppies," and "Cities," to name just a few.

In this lesson students examine primary source documents including photographs, film, maps, and essays to learn about Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and Carl Sandburg's famous poem. After examining the poem's use of...

This article from the University of Illinois covers the work of Carl Sandburg as a reporter in Chicago during the riots of 1919.

This page contains a mix of different information about Marcus Garvey and a photograph exhibit relating to his steamship company, the Black Star Line.

Three articles about the effects of sharecropping, a farming system that became prevalent after the Civil War for blacks and whites.

This site offers biographies on Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edmund Wilson, Ann Dougals, and the Feminist Companion to Literature in English.