Nightmare Overhanging Darkly: Essays on African American Culture and ResistanceWith an analysis informed by more than two decades of cultural work and activism on the frontlines, Nightmare Overhanging Darkly reviews the historic tradition of Black cultural resistance to Western imperialism and oppression. In emphasizing the process by which creative artists have initiated and influenced social change, Dr. Acklyn Lynch issues a challenge to Black cultural workers and offers Black educators a blueprint for restructuring Black colleges and universities to best assist Black empowerment. Dr. Lynch centers his study on the 1940s to the 1990s and offers critiques of the major political activists and creative artists of that period -- including Paul Robeson, Sonia Sanchez, Charlie Parker, Malcolm X, Katherine Dunham, Jeff Donaldson, Alice Walker, George Jackson, Richard Wright, Toni Cade Bambara, Romare Bearden, KRS-ONE and others. Lynch reminds us that there is an organic link between art and resistance that moves beyond art for art's sake.--Publisher's description. |
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... South America , from the South Bronx to South Africa . Like Greensboro , North Carolina , these are the explosive centers of the most brutal and inhumane exploitation . However , they have also become the locations of untapped and ...
... South America , from the South Bronx to South Africa . Like Greensboro , North Carolina , these are the explosive centers of the most brutal and inhumane exploitation . However , they have also become the locations of untapped and ...
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... South America , the untold suffering of the Intifada and Palestinian people on the West Bank , the political carnage in Liberia and Somalia and the unending strife and pain in Southern Africa , we must reflect on Martin Carter's work ...
... South America , the untold suffering of the Intifada and Palestinian people on the West Bank , the political carnage in Liberia and Somalia and the unending strife and pain in Southern Africa , we must reflect on Martin Carter's work ...
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... South Africa , South Carolina or South Bronx . We must take hold of the circumstances surrounding our lives and empower ourselves to change our present reality . We cannot afford to lose time , because 258 NIGHTMARE OVERHANGING DARKLY.
... South Africa , South Carolina or South Bronx . We must take hold of the circumstances surrounding our lives and empower ourselves to change our present reality . We cannot afford to lose time , because 258 NIGHTMARE OVERHANGING DARKLY.
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Beyond Survival | 7 |
Black on Black Homicide | 27 |
Black Culture in the Early Forties | 53 |
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