https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/62bc4de175ed9d95772e97f2590d645f.pdf 36611c2cbaf7b702c752523b9bc4cd27 PDF Text Text ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks are due the following poets, editors, publishers and survivors of poets for use of cited material. for each selection. All efforts have been made to secure the proper pennission However, if some of the selections are not prope r ly acknowledged, please' contact Doubleday &·Company, Inc., in order to clarify the situation. 1lA, ~ L~m-f¼l'C 1'_ ,l:tn,d s Al QXiRder for 1i nes from "Nocturne Vari a ~Je,~ r copyright Cc) 1949 , 1970.1 by An-n a L. Thomps on. Company, Inc. v1 /'1i,~~) /(rom The Poetry of the Neg ro, Published by Doubleday & Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Ann a L. Thompson. Margaret Wa lker Ale xander for lines from "Bad- Man S agolee," "Fo r My Peopl e:'' "Pappa Chicken ," "The St ruggl e Stagg ers Us," an d 11 \fo Have bee n Beli ever s 11 from For My Peopl e , copyrigh t © l 942 by Margare t Wa l ker and Yale Uni versity Press. Reprinted by ermis sion of Marga re t Ha l ke r Al exand er . J. Mo rd All en for li nes f rom "The Psa lms of Uplif t . :, " from ~ gro Poets and The i r Poems, edited by Robert Thoma s Kerlin. Associated Publishers, Inc. Copyri ght (f.)1923, 1935 by thi: = Reprinted by permission of the Associated Publishers, Inc. - 5J,,11.:t'l All\-'.Yt. Samuel Allen (Paul Vesey) for lines from "To Satch, 11 copyright@l962 by im~ t J:f1l1:.- Reprinted by pennission of Samuel Allen (Paul Vesey) . . . .· �11 Russell Atkins for lines from . At War:r 11r which first appeared in American Weave, • copyright© 1962 by Russell Atkins, and "Irritable Song" which first appeared I in Naked Ear, copyright© 1958 ' by Russell Atkins. Reprinted by permission of the author. Imamu Amiri Baraka for line,s from "Black Art," "Black People., 11 "leroy," and V 11 Sterl i ng Street September 11 from Black Magic: J © 1969 by LeRoi Jones. ~ • 1 Poetry 1961 1967, copyright Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Bobbs- Merril 1 Company, Inc.· Austin Black for 11 ASEXUAl FLIGH~ 11 from The Tornado in My Mouth: Black, co pyright© 1966 by Austfn Black. Poems by Au st in Reprinted by permission of Expositi on Press, Inc., Hicksvil)e, ~Yr, 11801. Arrw Bontemps fo r li,es fro~ "Golgo tha is. ·nountain/ from Personals, copy .... ight © 1963 by Arna Bonttmps.<· Reprinted by permission of Ha ro ld Ober Associates. t / Gwendolyn Brooks fo; lines fr~n "The· Anniad, 11 "The Ballad of Rudolph Reed, 11 ~V\ ~ ~'tb L\ .n... · ~ t'a.e>!.t\ v.=f!Ul~use't- verly Hills, Chicago," 11 the children of the poor," 11 0f De W1ll lilliamsA , ''d~N>t'beo.~~ 0-~ no," "The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett T111," ) ·:: .. l "Negro Hero," "The Preacher: "we c::;;:::::r --- Ruminations Behind the Sermon, 11 and all of Real Cool, 11 fro~ _The World of Gwendolyn Brooks, copyright@l971 by ~u~.., ,~t ,. -- - Gwendolyn Brooks ;/' Langston Hughes, 11 11 Ri ders to the Blood-Red \-lrat~11 and "Of Robert Frost/ from Selected Poems., by Gwendolyn Brooks, copyright@) 1963 by Gwendolyn Brooks. 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" ,l ack ~~other \·Jo;-,::. n"; frcm £1:ef- Lend \/hqJ' e _Q_':r, ~r ?'::22l. !. .!:ive , copy ri ght©P73 by Aud ra Lord2 ;i1nd ,·-pr i nted by perm1~ ~ of Ilroadsid ~ Pres s;~ ··- ~J; !;_o~ nes f~ on-minded t h2 Sun" appea ring on pp (f'ill in }1 Sixes ., . ,_. _\. o.p 11.r:.t,. ·.,.: t >-1 f-',_, :; -- (1·::l and Seve ns , copyrigh t @l962 by Audre Larde, and "Rites of Passage 111/rom Cabl es 1- . ~ 1 ~» ·;, to Rage, copyright{s)1970 by Audre Lorde. ~.., . Used by permission of the author. · · . __ _.;.}: , _· : _;·t)~ ' ' 11 Claude McKay for lines from "Baptism," "If We Must Die" and "The Lynching1 ~rom ···_. , .. .·. . •,I s :--"<). Selected Poems of Cl aude McKay, copyright(gl953 by Twayne Publishers, Inc. Reprinted by pen111ssion of Twayne Publish ers, a Division of G.\K. Hall & Co. -. 10 ' ., �Haki R. Madhubuti for lines from 11 First Impressions of a Poet's Death; ' from Think Black, copyright~ 967 by Don L. lee, and "The Se 1f-Ha tred of Don l. Lee"· and "Don't Cry, Scream/ from Directionscore: (f) 1971 by Don l. lee. Selected and New Poems, copyright Reprinted by permission of Broadside Press. George Reginald Margetson ~or lines from The Fled glin g Bard and the Poetry Soci ety, copyright@1916 by George Reginald Margetson. Reprinted in The Book of American Negro Poetry, edited by James Weldon Johnson. by Harcou r t, nrac e & Wor l d. Copyright@ 1922, l93lJ Copyri ght@ 1950, 195] by Mrs . Gra ce Na il Johnso n. Source for repri nt rights could not be fo un d at publication ti me . G-jc . Oden for l"ines from 11 ••• s ~Jhen Emot ion Too Far Exceeds Its Cause" from Kaleidos co pe , edited by Robe rt Hayden. Copyright ~ 1967 by G.• Oden. Reprinted by permi ss ion of t he author . Pat Park r f or li r.~s frc:11 Parker. J;;) 11 Bro t he~11 from Child of Myse l.f., copyri ght © 1972 by Pat Re pri nt ed by permi ss ion of t he au t ho r. Dudley Randall for 11 / Iwo Jim;" from More/4 Remember, copyright© 1971 by Dudl ey A ~r / Randall. Reprinted by perniission of Third World Press, 7524 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, 111. 60619. Eugene Redmond for lines from "Invasion of the Nose . I 11 from River of Bones and Flesh and Blood, copyright© 1971 by Eugene Redmond, and "Inside My Perimeter" from In A Time of Rain & Desi re, copyri ght@ 1973 by Eugene Redmond. perm i ssion of Bl ack Ri ve r Writers f.,.t, (' . • 11 Reprinted by �Conrad Kent Rivers for lin es from "In Defense of Black Poets" and "The Still Voice of Harlem" and for "Watts" from The Still Voice of Harl em , Volume 5 in the J Heritage Series, published by Paul Bremen limited, london, 1968, copyright© ..:. 1972 by Mrs. Cora Mciver Rivers; "To Richard Wrigh r from The i ,. Wright Poems, Vol ume 18 in the Heritage Series, published by Paul Bremen Limited, London, 1972. Copyright © 1972 by Mrs. Cora Mciver Rivers. Reprinted by permission of Paul Bremen Limited. Sonia Sanchez for lines from Ma lcol ~ from Homecomi ng , copyrig ht © 1969 by Sonia 11 Sanchez. 11 Repr i nted by perm i ss i on of Broad side Press . Judy ?·othar.d Si nm1ons for li nes from Schizoph renia/ from Judit h' s Blues , copyri gh t 11 © 1973 by J udy Do t hard Si rrmo ns. Repri nted by pennissi on of Broadside Pres s. LeRoy Stone f or l ines f rom Fl umcnco Sketches 11 11 I from Burning Spea r : An Ant ol oav of J\f ro-Su."On P0e tr.. , cooyrJght 1c 1953 by t he Dase in li terary Society . - ·- - . ---. ~ by perm ission of J upiter H~,r:w-non Pre5s of Oast.: i n literary Soc-iety . - Reprint,.:d " Joyce Carol Thomas for lines from 1974 by Joyce Carol Thomas. 11 ··- ', , ., . .. Melvin Tolson for lines from "Rendezvous with America," "Dark Symphony" and "An Ex-Judge at the Ba5 from Rendezvous with Amer1 ca, copyright© 1944 by 11 Reprinted by pennission of Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.; l ; ,., : Reprinted by pennission of Firesign Press. 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Jean Toome r f or ~.,,..51 li nes fr om •~Blue Mer i dian;' f rom Bl ack Writers of Ame ric a , edited by Ri chard Barksda l e and ~eneth Kin namon , co pyrigh t© l 97 2 by The ~~ ill an C~mp_a~y .;'!ep ~i nt~~ -bi ) 1 penni ss i on of W. I. Nor t on & Company , I n9 Company , Inc . Copyr i ght 1936 by ~i.\H. Nort on & Copyr i ght ren ewed 1964 by Lew i s Mumford , cofeditor wi th A1fred Kreymborg, of The New Carava n. -- , 'i .. ; -~·.,.: . '. Q\ Quincy Troupe for "White Weeken~" from Embryo, copyright © 1972 by Quincy Troupe~ . Reprinted by pennission of Quincy Troupe. Alice Walker . for lines from "Rage" from Revolutionary Petuni as & Other Poems, I copyright © 1973 by Alice Walker. Reprinted by penn ission of Harcour t Janovich, Inc. 13 Brace I• ' ~ . , ~~ . ' ;}~'",. �Romenetha Washington for lines from Rat Ractf from Sides 'of the River: -,., A Mini :: 11 Anthology of Black Writing, edited and copyright@l969 by Eugene Redmond. Reprinted by pennission of Black River Writers Press. Lucien B. Watkin5 for lines from A Prayer of the Race That God Made Blac5 from 11 11 Negro Poets and Their Poems , edited by Thoma s Kerlin. by The Associated Publishers, Inc. Copyri gh t © 1923, 193~ Reprinted by pennis sion of The Associ ated Publishers, Inc. Joseph White for li nes from 8l ack Is a Sou l 11 from Bur ni ng Spear: 11 ) 0 An Antho l ogy of Afro-Saxon Poe t ry , copyrig ht © 1963 by the Dasei n Li tera ry Soci ety. / by pennis sion of Ju pi te r HalTillon Pres s ~ Reprinted Das ei n Litera ry Soci ety . j Richa r d ~/right for specifi ed lines f rom "Between th e Horld and Mc , 1935 by Th~ Pz:rtisan nevieH, by · he Pa rt1s an Revi e~ . nd 11 11 n copyr ight © 1 Huve Seen Bl ack Hands , 11 copyri ght lc,1935 ,. Reprin ed by permission of Pau l R. 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