The Black aesthetic.

461 Pages·1971·20.173 MB·English

by  Gayle, Addison

The
Black Aesthetic

The
Black Aesthetic
edited by
ADDISON GAYLE, JR.
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK 1971
Library of Congiess Catalog Card Number 71-123692
Copyright © 1971 by Addison Gayle, Jr,
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition
IN MEMORIAM; FOR MY FATHER

“Le# the martial songs be written, let the dirges disappear.
Let a race of men now rise and take control^
Margaret Walker

Thanks are due to the following for permission to include copy­
righted selections:
JAMES A. EMANUEL for his “Blacloiess Can: A Quest for Aesthetics/’
Copyright © 1971 by James A. Emanuel.
SARAH WEBSTER FABio for her “Tripping with Black Writing,” Copy­
right © 1971 by Sarah Webster Fabio.
HOYT w. FULLER for his “Towords a Black Aesthetic,” from The
Critic, Copyright © 1968 by Thomas More Association, and
“The New Black Literature: Protest or Affirmation,” Copyright
© 1970 by Hoyt W. Fuller.
Negro Digest for “The Black Writer and His Role” by Carolyn F.
Gerald. Copyright © 1969 by Negro Digest.
HAROLD OBER ASSOCIATES for “The Negro Artist and the Racial Moun­
tain” by Langston Hughes. Copyright © 1926 by Langston
Hughes.
LEROi JONES and the Sterling Lord Agency for his “The Changing
Same (R&B and New Black Music)” from Black Music by LeRoi
Jones. Copyright © 1968 by LeRoi Jones.
RON KARENGA and Block World for his “Black Cultural Nationalism,”
Copyright © January 1968 by Negro Digest.
WILLIA^í KEORAPETSE KGOSiTSiLE and NegTO Digest for his “Paths to
the Future,” Copyright © September 1968 by Negro Digest.
INTERNATIONAL FAMOUS AGENCY, INC., for “The Black Writer Vis-à-
Vis His Country” by John Oliver Killens, Copyright © 1965 by
John Oliver KiUens.
DON L. LEE for his “Toward a Definition: Black Poetry of the Sixties
(After LeRoi Jones).” Copyright © 1971 by Don L. Lee.
JULIAN MAYFIELD for his "You Touch My Black Aesthetic and I’ll
Touch Yours,” Copyright © 1971 by Julian Mayfield.