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SOS-Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader
- ISBN-10:
- 1625340311
- ISBN-13:
- 9781625340313
- Pub. Date:
- 09/04/2014
- Publisher:
- University of Massachusetts Press
- ISBN-10:
- 1625340311
- ISBN-13:
- 9781625340313
- Pub. Date:
- 09/04/2014
- Publisher:
- University of Massachusetts Press
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Overview
Many of the movement's leading artists, including Ed Bullins, Nikki Giovanni, Woodie King, Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez, Askia Touré, and Val Gray Ward remain artistically productive today. Its influence can also be seen in the work of later artists, from the writers Toni Morrison, John Edgar Wideman, and August Wilson to actors Avery Brooks, Danny Glover, and Samuel L. Jackson, to hip hop artists Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Chuck D.
SOS—Calling All Black People includes works of fiction, poetry, and drama in addition to critical writings on issues of politics, aesthetics, and gender. It covers topics ranging from the legacy of Malcolm X and the impact of John Coltrane's jazz to the tenets of the Black Panther Party and the music of Motown. The editors have provided a substantial introduction outlining the nature, history, and legacy of the Black Arts Movement as well as the principles by which the anthology was assembled.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781625340313 |
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Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press |
Publication date: | 09/04/2014 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 688 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.70(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Editors' Introduction 1
Amiri BarakaThe Black Arts Movement 11
Section I. Theory / CriticismA. B. SpellmanIntroduction to Theory / Criticism 23
Askia M. TouréPoetry and Black Liberation: Freedom's Furious Passions(Reminiscence) 25
Eugene B. RedmondDa-Dum-Dun: A Bam Triumvirate of Conch/Us/Nest:
Miles Davis, Henry Dumas & Katherine Dunham in East St. Louis, Illinois (Reminiscence) 31
1. Politics and CultureHarold CruseThe Harlem Black Arts Theater -- New Dialogue with the Lost Black Generation 39
Carolyn GeraldSymposium: The Measure and the Meaning of Sixties 46
Ron (Maulana) KarengaBlack Cultural Nationalism 51
Larry NealThe Black Arts Movement 55
Dudley RandallBroadside Press: A Personal Chronicle 67
Ed SpriggsOn The Boycott 74
James T. StewartThe Development Of The Black Revolutionary Artist 77
Barbara Ann TeerNeeded: A New Image 82
Rolland Snellings (Askia Touré)Keep on Pushin': Rhythm & Blues as a Weapon 86
2. GenderToni Cade (Bambara)Preface to The Black Woman 93
Alice Childress, Paule Marshall, And Sarah E. WrightThe Negro Woman in American Literature 97
John Oliver KillensLorraine Hansberry: On Time! 103
Abbey LincolnWho Will Revere the Black Woman? 106
Louise MooreBlack Men vs. Black Women 110
Evelyn RodgersNew Fashions for Afro-American Women 112
Sonia SanchezQueens of the Universe 114
3. Aesthetics / PoeticsLeroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)The Changing Same (R&B and New Black Music) 123
James BaldwinIf Black Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? 132
L. Eldridge CleaverAs Crinkly as Yours 135
Sarah Webster FabioTripping with Black Writing 145
Hoyt W. FullerTowards a Black Aesthetic 151
Addison Gayle Jr.Cultural Strangulation: Black Literature and the White Aesthetic 157
Stephen E. HendersonThe Question of Form and Judgment in Contemporary Black American Poetry: 1962--1977 162
David LlorensWhat Good Is the Word without the Wisdom? or "English Ain't Relevant" 179
Max Roachexcerpts from Black World interview 185
Carolyn M. RodgersBlack Poetry -- Where It's At 188
Section II. Statements of Purpose: Groups and JournalsIntroduction to the Documents 201
The Asian-African Conference, Final Communique: Cultural Cooperation 203
Black Panther Party, Platform and Program 205
Black World, Editor's Notes 207
SUDAN, the history of SUDAN (in Texas?) 208
The Institute of the Black World, Statement of Purpose and Program 210
Liberation Committee for Africa, Statement of Aims and What Africa
Means to Americans 213
NKOMBO, Food for Thought 215
Elijah Muhammad, "What Do the Muslims Want?" 218
Organization of Afro-American Unity, Statement of Basic Aims and
Objectives: Culture 220
OBAC [Organization of Black American Culture],
Statement of Purposes 221
Rhythm, Statement of Purpose 222
Soulbook, To the Peoples of Afroamerica, Africa, and to all the Peoples of the World 223
Southern Black Cultural Alliance, By-Laws 225
Third World Press, A Statement of Purpose 227
Max Stanford (Muhammad Ahmad), Towards Revolutionary Action Movement Manifesto 228
Umbra, Foreword to Issue 1.1 232
Larry Neal [Atlanta C.A.P. Creativity Workshop], Resolutions 234
Section III. PoetrySonia SanchezThe Poetry of BAM: Meditation, Critique, Praise 243
Haki MadhubutiStorm Coming: Memoir and History (Reminiscence) 254
1. ConsciousnessJewel C. Latimore (Johari Amini)Upon Being Black One Friday Night in July 265
Dr. Margaret BurroughsWhat Shall We Tell My Children Who Are Black 267
Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) Black People! 269
Gwendolyn BrooksThe Life of Lincoln West 270
Mari EvansBlack jam for dr. negro 274
Joe GoncalvesSister Brother 276
Bobb HamiltonA Father Tells His Son About the Statue of Liberty 277
Calvin C. HerntonJitterbugging in the Streets 279
Gil Scott-HeronThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised 283
Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan With Kim GreenNiggers R Scared of Revolution 286
Don L. Lee (Haki Madhubuti)But He Was Cool 289
Gaston NealPersonal Jihad 291
Eugene RedmondBarbequed Cong: Or We Laid My Lai Low 293
Carolyn M. Rodgershow i got ovah 295
Sonia Sanchezsummary 296
A. B. Spellmantomorrow the heroes 298
Edward S. Spriggs"Black Power!" 299
Lorenzo ThomasTwelve Gates 300
Rolland Snellings (Askia Touré)Cry Freedom 301
2. MalcolmOssie DavisEulogy for Malcolm X 309
Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)A Poem For Black Hearts 311
Gwendolyn BrooksMalcolm X 312
Etheridge KnightPortrait of Malcolm X 313
Marvin E. Jackmon (Marvin X)That Old Time Religion 314
Larry NealMalcolm X -- An Autobiography 315
Sonia SanchezMalcolm 317
Quincy TroupeFor Malcolm Who Walks in the Eyes of Our Children 319
Margaret WalkerFor Malcolm X 321
Jay WrightA Plea for the Politic Man 322
3. Coltrane and JazzJayne CortezHow Long Has This Trane Been Gone 327
Ebon DooleyLegacy: In Memory of 'Trane 330
Sarah Webster FabioTribute to Duke 332
David HendersonElvin Jones Gretsch Freak 336
Don L. Lee (Haki Madhubuti)Don't Cry, Scream 340
Amus MorThe Coming of John 344
Larry NealDon't Say Goodbye to the Pork-Pie Hat 349
Sterling PlumppConversions 353
Yusuf RahmanTranscendental Blues 355
Carolyn RodgersWritten for Love of an Ascension-Coltrane 359
Sonia Sancheza/coltrane/poem 361
Sonia Sanchezon seeing pharaoh sanders blowing 365
A. B. SpellmanDid John's Music Kill Him? 367
4. AfricaJayne CortezAfrican Night Suite 371
Margaret DannerThe Painted Lady 374
Nikki GiovanniAfrica I; Africa II 375Ted JoansLumumba Lives Lumumba Lives!! 377
Keorapetse KgositsileMy Name Is Afrika 378
Dudley RandallAncestors 379
Ishmael ReedI am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra 380
Rolland Snellings (Askia Touré)Earth 382
5. WomenJewel C. Latimore (Johari Amini)For Gwendolyn Brooks -- A Whole & Beautiful Spirit 385
Mari EvansI Am A Black Woman 386
Nikki GiovanniWoman Poem 388
Gloria Larry HouseWoman 390
June JordanIf you saw a Negro lady 391
Audre LordeNaturally 393
K. Curtis LyleCadence 394
Don L. Lee (Haki Madhubuti)blackwoman 396
Carolyn RodgersThe Last M.F. 397
Sonia Sanchezwoman 398
6. HeritageSam CornishPromenade 401
Jayne CortezLynch Fragment 402
Victor Hernandez CruzUrban Dream 403
Tom DentReturn to English Turn 405
Everett HoaglandThe Music 411
Etheridge KnightThe Idea of Ancestry 413
Dudley RandallBallad of Birmingham 415
Eugene RedmondRivers of Bones and Flesh and Blood 417
Ahmos Zu-BoltonSunset Beach / L.A. 419
7. SongsJames BrownSay It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud 423
Oscar Brown Jr.Afro Blue 424
Marvin GayeWhat's Goin' On 426
Curtis MayfieldKeep on Pushin' 427
Weldon J. Irvine Jr.To Be Young, Gifted, and Black 428
Norman Whitfield And Barrett StrongWar 429
Section IV. DramaVal Ward and Francis WardThe Kuumba Theatre: A Radical Idea Comes to Life (Reminiscence) 433
Aishah RahmanLiving in the Black Arts Movement (Reminiscence) 439
Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)A Black Mass 443
Ed BullinsClara's Ole Man 451
Ben CaldwellPrayer Meeting Or, The First Militant Preacher 465
Alice ChildressWine in the Wilderness 468
Carol FreemanThe Suicide 492
Marvin E. Jackmon (Marvin X)Flowers for the Trashman 496
Ronald MilnerThe Monster 507
Sonia SanchezThe Bronx Is Next 520
Section V. Fiction / NarrativeEleanor W. TraylorBlack Arts Fiction: An Introduction 529
Toni Cade BambaraThe Organizer's Wife 543
Henry DumasHarlem 554
C. H. Fuller Jr.A Love Song for Seven Little Boys Called; Sam 562
Sam GreenleeSonny's Seasons 569
Paule MarshallReena 574
Louise MeriwetherA Happening in Barbados 587
Toni Morrisonexcerpt from The Bluest Eye 594
Ishmael ReedCab Calloway Stands In for the Moon 605
Jean Wheeler SmithFrankie Mae 615
John A. WilliamsThe King Alfred Plan 624
AfterwordsJames G. SpadyThe Hip Hop Vision: Password: Nation Conscious Rap 637
John H. Bracey Jr.Coming from a Black Thing: Remembering the Black Arts Movement 650
Audre LordeLearning from the 60s 656
Selected Bibliography 663
What People are Saying About This
This book will add immeasurably to our ability to understand and teach a crucial aspect of modern African American and American literary history. Something crucial involving race and art overtook American culture in the 1960s and 1970s, and the nation would never be the same again -- a seismic shift that had everything to do with the political, cultural, and aesthetic impact of the confrontational Black Arts and Black Power movements.
This book has the potential to be an amazing teaching and research tool and should appeal to a wide audience of scholars and academics across a variety of fields from sociology and literary studies, to Africana studies and history. The introduction alone provides an invaluable account of the cultural output, impact, and legacy of the Black Arts Movement for scholars and students.