SOS--Calling All Black People : A Black Arts Movement Reader.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- The Black Arts Movement -- Section I. Theory/Criticism -- Introduction to Theory/Criticism -- Poetry and Black Liberation: Freedom's Furious Passions -- DA-DUM-DUN: A BAM Triumvirate of Conch/Us/Nest: Miles Davis, Henry Dumas &amp -- Katherine Dunham in East St. Louis, Illinois -- 1. Politics and Culture -- The Harlem Black Arts Theater-New Dialogue with the Lost Black Generation -- Symposium: The Measure and the Meaning of Sixties -- Black Cultural Nationalism -- The Black Arts Movement -- Broadside Press: A Personal Chronicle -- On the Boycott -- The Development of the Black Revolutionary Artist -- Needed: A New Image -- Keep on Pushin': Rhythm &amp -- Blues as a Weapon -- 2. Gender -- Preface to the Black Woman -- The Negro Woman in American Literature -- Lorraine Hansberry: On Time! -- Who Will Revere the Black Woman? -- Black Men vs. Black Women -- New Fashions for Afro-American Women -- Queens of the Universe -- 3. Aesthetics/Poetics -- The Changing Same (R&amp -- B and New Black Music) -- If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? -- As Crinkly as Yours -- Tripping with Black Writing -- Towards a Black Aesthetic -- Cultural Strangulation: Black Literature and the White Aesthetic -- The Question of Form and Judgement in Contemporary Black American Poetry: 1962-1977 -- What Good is the Word without the Wisdom? Or "English Ain't Relevant" -- Excerpts from Black World Interview -- Black Poetry-Where It's At -- Section II. Statements of Purpose: Groups and Journals -- Introduction to the Documents -- Final Communique of the Asian-African Conference -- October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program -- Editor's Notes -- The History of SUDAN (in Texas?) -- Statement of Purpose and Program.

Statement of Aims and What Africa Means to Americans -- Food for Thought -- "What Do the Muslims Want?" -- Statement of Basic Aims and Objectives: Culture -- OBAC [Organization of Black American Culture] -- Statement of Purpose -- To the Peoples of Afroamerica, Africa, and to all the Peoples of the World -- By-Laws -- A Statement of Purpose -- Towards Revolutionary Action Movement Manifesto -- Foreword to Issue 1.1 -- Resolutions -- Section III. Poetry -- The Poetry of BAM: Meditation, Critique, Praise -- Storm Coming: Memoir and History (Reminiscence) -- 1. Consciousness -- Upon Being Black One Friday Night in July -- What Shall We Tell My Children Who Are Black -- Black People! -- The Life of Lincoln West -- Black Jam for Dr. Negro -- Sister Brother -- A Father Tells his Son about the Statue of Liberty -- Jitterbugging in the Streets -- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised -- Niggers R Scared of Revolution -- But He Was Cool -- Personal Jihad -- Barbequed Cong: Or We Laid My Lai Low -- How I Got Ovah -- Summary -- Tomorrow the Heroes -- "Black Power!" -- Twelve Gates -- Cry Freedom -- 2. Malcolm -- Eulogy for Malcolm X -- A Poem for Black Hearts -- Malcolm X -- Portrait of Malcolm X -- That Old Time Religion -- Malcolm X-An Autobiography -- Malcolm -- For Malcolm Who Walks in the Eyes of our Children -- For Malcolm X -- A Plea for the Politic Man -- 3. Coltrane and Jazz -- How Long Has This Trane Been Gone -- Legacy: In Memory of 'Trane -- Tribute to Duke -- Elvin Jones Gretsch Freak -- Don't Cry, Scream -- The Coming of John -- Don't Say Goodbye to the Pork-Pie Hat -- Conversions -- Transcendental Blues -- Written for Love of an Ascension-Coltrane -- A/Coltrane/Poem -- On Seeing Pharaoh Sanders Blowing -- Did John's Music Kill Him? -- 4. Africa -- African Night Suite -- The Painted Lady -- Africa I -- Africa II -- Lumumba Lives Lumumba Lives!!.

My Name is Afrika -- Ancestors -- I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra -- Earth -- 5. Women -- For Gwendolyn Brooks-A Whole &amp -- Beautiful Spirit -- I Am a Black Woman -- Woman Poem -- Woman -- If You Saw a Negro Lady -- Naturally -- Cadence -- Blackwoman -- The Last M.F. -- Woman -- 6. Heritage -- Promenade -- Lynch Fragment -- Urban Dream -- Return to English Turn -- The Music -- The Idea of Ancestry -- Ballad of Birmingham -- Rivers of Bones and Flesh and Blood -- Sunset Beach/L.A. -- 7. Songs -- Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud -- Afro Blue -- What's Goin' On -- Keep on Pushin' -- To Be Young, Gifted, and Black -- War -- Section IV. Drama -- The Kuumba Theatre: A Radical Idea Comes to Life -- Living in the Black Arts Movement -- A Black Mass -- Clara's Ole Man -- Prayer Meeting or, the First Militant Preacher -- Wine in the Wilderness -- The Suicide -- Flowers for the Trashman -- The Monster -- The Bronx Is Next -- Section V. Fiction/Narrative -- Black Arts Fiction: An Introduction -- The Organizer's Wife -- Harlem -- A Love Song for Seven Little Boys Called -- Sam -- Sonny's Seasons -- Reena -- A Happening in Barbados -- Excerpt from the Bluest Eye -- Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon -- Frankie Mae -- The King Alfred Plan -- Afterwords -- The Hip Hop Vision: Password: Nation Conscious Rap -- Coming from a Black Thing: Remembering the Black Arts Movement -- Learning from the 60s -- Selected Bibliography -- Back Cover.

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