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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... historic compromises . He tore at its social fabric , criticiz- ing sharply its leadership , its hypocrisy , and its ... historical analysis . His violent attacks on the white press , as well as the estab- lishment Black leadership ...
... historic compromises . He tore at its social fabric , criticiz- ing sharply its leadership , its hypocrisy , and its ... historical analysis . His violent attacks on the white press , as well as the estab- lishment Black leadership ...
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... historical event . Max emphasizes the use of crashing cymbals to provide an Eastern effect . Finally , Max makes a brief but precise statement , that the people and Mao are ready to move . The March is on . Max recognizes that it will ...
... historical event . Max emphasizes the use of crashing cymbals to provide an Eastern effect . Finally , Max makes a brief but precise statement , that the people and Mao are ready to move . The March is on . Max recognizes that it will ...
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... historical reality . This work is a gem —like the uncut diamonds and gold Blacks have dug out from the South African mines , where they toil daily . It is this exploited labor , that will pose the challenge to the latter part of the ...
... historical reality . This work is a gem —like the uncut diamonds and gold Blacks have dug out from the South African mines , where they toil daily . It is this exploited labor , that will pose the challenge to the latter part of the ...
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Beyond Survival | 7 |
Black on Black Homicide | 27 |
Black Culture in the Early Forties | 53 |
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