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- SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader
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- 2015
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
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This volume brings together a broad range of key writings from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, among the most significant cultural movements in American history. The aesthetic counterpart of the Black Power movement, it burst onto the scene in the form of artists' circles, writers' workshops, drama groups, dance troupes, new publishing ventures, bookstores, and cultural centers and had a presence in practically every community and college campus with an appreciable African American population. Black Arts activists extended its reach even further through magazines such as Ebony and Jet, on television shows such as Soul! and Like It Is, and on radio programs.
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Editors’ Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- The Black Arts Movement
- pp. 11-20
- Section I. Theory / Criticism
- Introduction to Theory / Criticism
- pp. 23-24
- 1. Politics and Culture
- Black Cultural Nationalism
- pp. 51-54
- The Black Arts Movement
- pp. 55-66
- On the Boycott
- pp. 74-76
- Needed: A New Image
- pp. 82-85
- 2. Gender
- Preface to the Black Woman
- pp. 93-96
- The Negro Woman in American Literature
- pp. 97-102
- Lorraine Hansberry: On Time!
- pp. 103-105
- Who Will Revere the Black Woman?
- pp. 106-109
- Black Men vs. Black Women
- pp. 110-111
- New Fashions for Afro-American Women
- pp. 112-113
- Queens of the Universe
- pp. 114-120
- 3. Aesthetics / Poetics
- The Changing Same (R&B and New Black Music)
- pp. 123-131
- As Crinkly as Yours
- pp. 135-144
- Tripping with Black Writing
- pp. 145-150
- Towards a Black Aesthetic
- pp. 151-156
- Excerpts from Black World Interview
- pp. 185-187
- Black Poetry—Where It’s at
- pp. 188-198
- Section II. Statements of Purpose: Groups and Journals
- Introduction to the Documents
- pp. 201-202
- Black Panther Party, Platform and Program
- pp. 205-206
- SUDAN, The History of SUDAN (In Texas?)
- pp. 208-209
- NKOMBO, Food for Thought
- pp. 215-217
- Elijah Muhammad, “What Do the Muslims Want?”
- pp. 218-219
- Southern Black Cultural Alliance, By-Laws
- pp. 225-226
- Umbra, Foreword to Issue 1.1
- pp. 232-233
- Section III. Poetry
- 1. Consciousness
- Upon Being Black One Friday Night in July
- pp. 265-266
- What Shall We Tell My Children Who are Black
- pp. 267-268
- Black People!
- p. 269
- The Life of Lincoln West
- pp. 270-273
- Black jam for dr. negro
- pp. 274-275
- Sister Brother
- p. 276
- Jitterbugging in the Streets
- pp. 279-282
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- pp. 283-285
- Niggers R Scared of Revolution
- pp. 286-288
- But He Was Cool
- pp. 289-290
- Personal Jihad
- pp. 291-292
- Barbequed Cong: Or We Laid My Lai Low
- pp. 293-294
- how i got ovah
- p. 295
- tomorrow the heroes
- p. 298
- “Black Power!”
- p. 299
- Twelve Gates
- p. 300
- Cry Freedom
- pp. 301-306
- 2. Malcolm
- Eulogy for Malcolm X
- pp. 309-310
- A Poem for Black Hearts
- p. 311
- Portrait of Malcolm X
- p. 313
- That Old Time Religion
- p. 314
- Malcolm X—An Autobiography
- pp. 315-316
- For Malcolm X
- p. 321
- A Plea for the Politic Man
- pp. 322-324
- 3. Coltrane and Jazz
- How Long has This Trane Been Gone
- pp. 327-329
- Legacy: In Memory of ’Trane
- pp. 330-331
- Tribute to Duke
- pp. 332-335
- Elvin Jones Gretsch Freak
- pp. 336-339
- Don’t Cry, Scream
- pp. 340-343
- The Coming of John
- pp. 344-348
- Don’t Say Goodbye to the Pork-Pie Hat
- pp. 349-352
- Conversions
- pp. 353-354
- Transcendental Blues
- pp. 355-358
- Written for Love of an Ascension-Coltrane
- pp. 359-360
- a/coltrane /poem
- pp. 361-364
- on seeing pharaoh sanders blowing
- pp. 365-366
- Did John’s Music Kill Him?
- pp. 367-368
- 4. Africa
- African Night Suite
- pp. 371-373
- The Painted Lady
- p. 374
- Africa I; Africa II
- pp. 375-376
- My Name is Afrika
- p. 378
- I am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra
- pp. 380-381
- 5. Women
- I Am a Black Woman
- pp. 386-387
- Woman Poem
- pp. 388-389
- If you saw a Negro Lady
- pp. 391-392
- blackwoman
- p. 396
- The Last M.F.
- p. 397
- 6. Heritage
- Lynch Fragment
- p. 402
- Urban Dream
- pp. 403-404
- Return to English Turn
- pp. 405-410
- The Idea of Ancestry
- pp. 413-414
- Ballad of Birmingham
- pp. 415-416
- Rivers of Bones and Flesh and Blood
- pp. 417-418
- Sunset Beach / L.A.
- pp. 419-420
- 7. Songs
- What’s Goin’ On
- p. 426
- Keep on Pushin’
- p. 427
- Section IV. Drama
- A Black Mass
- pp. 443-450
- Clara’s Ole Man
- pp. 451-464
- Wine in the Wilderness
- pp. 468-491
- The Suicide
- pp. 492-495
- Flowers for the Trashman
- pp. 496-506
- The Monster
- pp. 507-519
- The Bronx is Next
- pp. 520-526
- Section V. Fiction / Narrative
- Black Arts Fiction: An Introduction
- pp. 529-542
- The Organizer’s Wife
- pp. 543-553
- Sonny’s Seasons
- pp. 569-573
- A Happening in Barbados
- pp. 587-593
- Excerpt from The Bluest Eye
- pp. 594-604
- Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon
- pp. 605-614
- Frankie Mae
- pp. 615-623
- The King Alfred Plan
- pp. 624-634
- Afterwords
- Learning from the 60s
- pp. 656-662
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 663-667
- Back Cover
- p. 668
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613762769
Related ISBN(s)
9781613763247, 9781625340313
MARC Record
OCLC
933516711
Pages
688
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No