The Carolina Magazine, the literary magazine of the University of North Carolina, published “Negro Numbers” annually from 1927 until 1930. The purpose of the issues was “…to present an issue representative of Negro life and art,” and were a collaboration between prominent Harlem Renaissance writers and a group of students at an all-white university in the Jim Crow South. The four issues are hidden gems of Harlem Renaissance writing, exceptional in that they contain the work the acclaimed contributors must have deemed their best and most provocative work. May 1928 issue The New Negro — a drawing by Allan R. Freelon Jazz Poetry and Blues — an essay by Charles S. Johnson The Message of the Negro Poets — an essay by Alain Locke A Review of Rainbow Round My Shoulder A Review of Caroling Dusk Barefoot Blues — a poem by Lewis Alexander Bought Sense — a poem by Lewis Alexander Tree Meditation — a poem by Lewis Alexander Nocturne of the Wharves — a poem by Arna Bontemps Jazz — a poem by Arna Bontemps Old Man Buzzard — a poem by Sterling A. Brown Appeal — a poem by Carrie W. Clifford Warning — a poem by Carrie W. Clifford Of The Earth — a poem by Mae V. Cowdery Once Bad Gal — a poem by Waring Cuney Aint Nobody But You — a poem by Waring Cuney De Jail Blues Song — a poem by Waring Cuney Suicide — a poem by Waring Cuney A Prayer — a poem by Alice Dunbar-Nelson Episode — a poem by Jessie Fauset Trees — a poem by Angelina W. Grimke Lament — a poem by Donald Jeffrey Hayes Lover's Return — a poem by Langston Hughes Boy on Beale Street — a poem by Langston Hughes African Dancer In Paris — a poem by Langston Hughes Boy — a poem by Langston Hughes The Black Runner — a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson Nonchalance — a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson Store — a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson Contemplation — a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson Belle Ma