“The artist elects to fight for freedom or slavery.
I have made my choice! I had no alternative!”
--Paul Robeson
Comments
Comments
A great, tremendous work!
--Dr. Fritz Pointer, Professor Emeritus/ Contra Costa College
A superb slice of history and analysis!--John Woodford, former editor of Muhammad Speaks and Michigan Today, Professor Emeritus University of Michigan
Table of Contents
Introduction Dr. Nathan Hare
Chapter One
Transcendence
The revolutionary who never came in from the cold
Revolution against fear
Romanticism/Idealism
Left/Right Paradigm
Every day is a holy day
Why are North American Africans Reactionary?
US Violence--level the playing field--everybody pack!
Chapter Two
Parables
Parable of Conundrums and Quagmires
Parable of Violence in the Pan African Hood
Parable of Conundrums and Quagmires
Parable of Violence in the Pan African Hood
Parable of the Heart
Parable of a Real Woman
Parable of Woman in the Box
Parable of God and Devil
Parable of Pit Bull
Parable of the Parrot
Parable of Rats
Parable of Black Man and Block Man
Parable of the Donkey
Chapter Three
Obama Drama/Trump Trauma
Pull yo pants up fada prez
Excuse me, Mr. Prez
Fictional interview with President Obama
Fictional President Obama speech to Muslims
Fictional President Obama speech on Afghanistan
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a tale of two white elephants
Donald Trump, white man’s last hurrah
Chapter Four
Reviews
Black Panther
Django
Sun Ra Arkestra at SF Jazz Center
Oakland Symphony Vietnam Concert
Mama at Twilight, Death by Love, a play by Ayodele Nzinga
Film Fences
Oakland Symphony Black Panther Concert
Lifer, the Glen Bailey Story, a play by Ayodele Nzinga
Chapter Five
BAM/BAMBD
BAM 50th Anniversary Celebration
Oakland’s Black Arts Movement Business District
BAM Dream and Wish List
Economics and the BAMBD
BAM/BAMBD Billion Dollar Trust Fund
How the BAM/BAMBD Billion Trust Fund will be allocated
Letter of invitation to join BAM 27 Tour
Abstract for the Black Arts Movement 27 City Tour
BAM Speakers Bureau
Straight Outta Oakland
Black Bourgeoisie Art and Opportunism
BAMBD Meets Carmel Developers; letter to Carmel
Talk with architect Fred Smith on Afrocentric Design of the BAMBD
Toward Non-violence in the BAMBD
Confidential Notes that ain’t confidential; reply by Oakland City Council President Lynette McElhaney
Letter to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf; her reply
Call for United Front at Oakland City Hall Black History Celebration
Chapter Six
Harvey Weinstein and Mythology of Pussy and Dick
Should Everyman confess sex guilt?
Harvey is Everyman
Chapter Seven
Notes on Da Nigga Debate
How to Recognize a Real Nigga
Psycho-linguistic Crisis of North American Africans
Silence is the language of Unity!
Chapter Eight
The Cross and Lynching Tree: Assassination of Editor Chauncey Bailey
Between the devil and deep blue sea
Chauncey, A Shakespearean Tragedy
OPD Gang
Chauncey and Malcolm X
Fake News Chauncey Bailey Project
Chauncey’s last story
Black Bird Press, March release,
300 pages, $29.95
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