DODSON, Owen.

‘Black Mother Praying’ … Reprinted from Common Ground. [1944?].

8vo, pp. [4]; creased where folded else fine; signed at the end ‘Owen Dodson’.

£150

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Very rare separate printing of Dodson’s ‘Black Mother Praying’, re-printed (but not quite an offprint) from the periodical Common Ground, Winter 1944, where it was titled ‘Black Mother praying in the Summer of 1943’ and was dedicated to ‘Negro mothers everywhere’. ‘Black Mother Praying’, a plea for racial integration, was one of Dodson’s most famous lyrics, written in 1943 when he was serving in the US Navy. Bridson’s good friend Langston Hughes sat on the advisory board of Common Ground and was a frequent contributor.

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DODSON, Owen.

‘Black Mother Praying’ … Reprinted from Common Ground. [1944?].