Nightmare overhanging darkly : essays on African American culture and resistance

284 Pages·1993·36.28 MB·English

by  Acklyn Lynch

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NIGHTMARE
OVERHANGING
DARKLY:
ESSAYS ON
AFRICAN AMERICAN
CULTURE AND RESISTANCE
ACKLYN LYNCH
THIRD WORLD PRESS
Chicago
Nightmare Overhanging Darkly
Copyright © 1993 by Acklyn Lynch.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced,
stored in retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, by any
means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, re¬
cording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the
publisher.
Published by Third World Press, P.O. Box 19730,
Chicago, IL 60619.
ISBN: 0-88378-142-5
Library of Congress Number: 91-65325
Cover Illustration by Patrick Hill
Cover Design and Color Separations by Angelo Williams
Manufactured in the United States
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DEDICATION
To my mother, Ms. Esmee Lynch, whose faith and vision
pointed the way.
We are not a people of stagnant waters,
we are rememberers of the way.
- Ayi Kwei Armah, Two Thousand Seasons
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ix
INTRODUCTION xi
PART ONE: BLACK CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Introduction 3
Beyond Survival 1
Nightmare Overhanging Darkly: Black on Black Homicide 27
Black Culture in the Early Forties 53
Remembering Malcolm 107
PART TWO: ART AND RESISTANCE
Introduction 137
Art and Resistance 141
An Interview with Archie Shepp 155
The Politics of Max Roach 179
Black Women Writers in the Past Two Decades 189
PART THREE: THE EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVE
Introduction 209
Culture and the University Community 211
Blueprint for Change 233
At the Dawn of Another Day 243
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