Books by Marcus Bruce Christian

Song of the Black Valiants: Marching Tempo / High Ground: A Collection of Poems  / Negro soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans

I am New Orleans: A Poem / Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900 /  The Liberty Monument

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Drums of Menelik By Marcus Bruce Christian   BEAT UPON THE DRUMS OF MENELIK And tell black warriors to go out and win.     O Beat upon the drums of Menelik O beat upon the drums of lion's skin O let the giant drums be ever quick In calling blackmen out to fight and win. Take them to the highest mountain peak Then let them thunder with a lion's roar And the two million warriors these words speak: "THE WHITE INVADER KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR!"     Send out your war cry o'er each peak and vale Cry out the story of your country's wrong, Let every drum reverberate the tale And in succession carry it along.     Black Drummers, scream defiance to the sky As did Makonnen in Adowa's day!     O let the giant drums be ever quick In calling black men out to fight and win.     Throb out, "This is our land and here we die And thus with life defend it -- come what may!" Black Drummers, scream defiance to the sky As did Makonnen in Adowa's day!

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Selected Letters  Selected Diary Notes

Memories of Marcus B. Christian (Cains)  Christian's BioBibliographical Record    Introduction to I AM NEW ORLEANS 

A Theory of a Black Aesthetic   Magpies, Goddesses, & Black Male Identity

Activist Works on Next Level of Change   Intro to I Am New Orleans   Letter from Dillard University

A Labor of Genuine Love  Letter of Gift of Photos   Letters from LSU and Skip Gates

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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900 By Marcus Bruce Christian   Study of the blacksmith tradition and New Orleans famous lace balconies and fences. Acclaimed during his life as the unofficial poet laureate of the New Orleans African-American community, Marcus Christian recorded a distinguished career as historian, journalist, and literary scholar. He was a contributor to Pelican's Gumbo Ya Ya, and also wrote many articles that appeared in numerous newspapers, journals, and general-interest publications.

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Audio: My Story, My Song (Featuring blues guitarist Walter Wolfman Washington)

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The White Masters of the World

From The World and Africa, 1965

By W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization (Fletcher)

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Ancient African Nations

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The Death of Emmett Till by Bob Dylan  /  The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll  /  Only a Pawn in Their Game

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Thanks America for Slavery / George Jackson  / Hurricane Carter

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The Journal of Negro History issues at Project Gutenberg

The Haitian Declaration of Independence 1804  / January 1, 1804 -- The Founding of Haiti 

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BLACK CLASSIC BOOKS   BCP Digital Printing

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