<DIV>Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology spotlights the works of the most influential African-American writers. Twenty-nine outstanding stories include Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat," Ralph Ellison's "Afternoon," and tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Jamaica Kinkaid, and others.</DIV>