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Words of Protest, Words of Freedom – Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era

Autor Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2012
Poetry is an ideal artistic medium for expressing the fear, sorrow, and triumph of revolutionary times. Words of Protest, Words of Freedom is the first comprehensive collection of poems written during and in response to the American civil rights struggle of 1955-75. Featuring some of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century-including Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, and Derek Walcott-alongside lesser-known poets, activists, and ordinary citizens, this anthology presents a varied and vibrant set of voices, highlighting the tremendous symbolic reach of the civil rights movement within and beyond the United States. Some of the poems address crucial movement-related events-such as the integration of the Little Rock schools, the murders of Emmett Till and Medgar Evers, the emergence of the Black Panther party, and the race riots of the late 1960s-and key figures, including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and John and Robert Kennedy. Other poems speak more broadly to the social and political climate of the times. Along with Jeffrey Lamar Coleman's headnotes, the poems recall the heartbreaking and jubilant moments of a tumultuous era. Altogether, more than 150 poems by approximately 100 poets showcase the breadth of the genre of civil rights poetry. Selected contributors. Maya Angelou, W. H. Auden, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Philip Levine, Audre Lorde, Robert Lowell, Pauli Murray, Huey P. Newton, Adrienne Rich, Sonia Sanchez, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Derek Walcott, Alice Walker, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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ISBN-13: 9780822351030
ISBN-10: 082235103X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 158 x 236 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

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“America’s ongoing civil rights movement reflects the triumphs and travails of struggles for citizenship, equality and social justice. Jeffrey Lamar Coleman’s insightful and illuminating work re-directs our gaze toward the power of poetry in transforming the nation’s post-war civil rights landscape. An essential book for students and scholars of the civil rights struggle.” Peniel E. Joseph, author of Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama“This is an outstanding anthology. It is ingeniously conceived, scrupulously researched and beautifully composed. The poets Jeffrey Coleman chooses from range widely in style and approach, which makes the book an excellent departure from the doctrinaire. His choices emphasize how widely-affecting the American Civil Rights Movement was and is.” Elizabeth Alexander, author of Power and Possibility: Essays, Reviews, and Interviews

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This is an anthology of poems from the civil rights era, from 1955 until 1975. Editor Jeffrey Coleman has grouped them chronologically around major events of the time, including the Emmett Till lynching, the integration of Little Rock High School, the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, and the rise of the Black Panthers. The anthology includes poems by many of the most significant writers of the era including W.H. Auden, Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, Gwendolyn Brooks, Aimé Césaire, Adrienne Rich, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Lucille Clifton, Derek Walcott, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and others. The topical structure allows the reader the chance to compare the different ways that each of the writers addressed the events in their own impassioned way.