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Books by Marcus Bruce
Christian
Song of the Black Valiants: Marching Tempo
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High Ground: A Collection of Poems /
Negro soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans
I am New
Orleans: A Poem
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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900 /
The Liberty Monument
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ORLEANS & OTHER POEMS
By Marcus
B. Christian
Edited by Rudolph Lewis & Amin Sharif
Table of Contents
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Letter from
Dillard University /
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities /
Poems in the Key of Life * *
* * * Review of I Am New Orleans & Other
Poems
The book, edited
by Rudolph Lewis and Amin Sharif, with an illuminating
introduction by Lewis, reveals a poet old-fashioned in formal
terms, but thoroughly modern in his concerns, among which the
most prominent seem to be multifaceted issues of race and of
romantic love. Christian was head of the black writers component
of the Federal Writer's project in Louisiana from the 1930s
until the early 40s. He was a writer-in-residence (and a
pioneering teacher of black history) at UNO the last seven years
of his life.
--Ralph Adamo, poet and
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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
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Marcus Bruce
Christian
Selected Diary Notes
/ Selected Poems
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Selected Letters
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Profiles on Marcus Bruce Christian and the Federal
Writers Project
Bryan, Violet
Harrington.
The Myth of New Orleans in Literature.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 1993.
Clayton, Ronnie W.
“The Federal Writers
Project for Blacks in Louisiana.”
Louisiana History 19(1978): 327-335.
Dent, Tom. “Marcus
B. Christian: A Reminiscence and an Appreciation.”
Black American Literature Forum, 1984, Volume 18,
Issue 1, pp. 22-26.
Hessler, Marilyn S.
“Marcus
Christian: The Man and His Collection.”
Louisiana History 1 (1987):37-55.
Johnson, Jerah. “Marcus B. Christian
and the WPA History of Black People in Louisiana.” Louisiana History 20.1 (1979):
113-115.
Larson, Susan.
“Poems in the Key of Life.” Times-Picayune (Book
Section), July 4, 1999.
Lewis, Rudolph. “Introduction.”
I Am New Orleans and Other Poems by Marcus Bruce
Christian. Edited by Rudolph Lewis and Amin Sharif.
New Orleans: Xavier Review Press, 1999. Reprinted in
revised form in Dillard Today 2.3 (2000): 21-24.
Lewis, Rudolph. “Magpies,
Goddesses, & Black Male Identity in the Romantic Poetry
of Marcus Bruce Christian.” Paper presented at
College Language Association, April 2000, Baltimore, MD.
Lewis, Rudolph. “Marcus
Bruce Christian and a Theory of a Black Aesthetic.”
Paper presented at the Zora Neale Hurston Society
Conference held June 1999 at University of Maryland
Eastern Shore. Published in ZNHS FORUM (Spring 2000).
Peterson, Betsy.
“
Marcus Christian: Portrait of a Poet.” Dixie 18
(January 1970).
Redding, Joan. “The
Dillard Project: The Black Unit of the Louisiana
Writers’ Project.” Louisiana History 32.1 (1991):
47-62
Source:
Wikipedia
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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Weep Not, Child
By
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
This is
a powerful, moving story that details the
effects of the infamous Mau Mau war, the
African nationalist revolt against colonial
oppression in Kenya, on the lives of
ordinary men and women, and on one family in
particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau,
stand on a rubbish heap and look into their
futures. Njoroge is excited; his family has
decided that he will attend school, while
Kamau will train to be a carpenter. Together
they will serve their country—the
teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya
and the times are against them. In the
forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against
the white government, and the two brothers
and their family need to decide where their
loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau the
choice is simple, but for Njoroge the
scholar, the dream of progress through
learning is a hard one to give up.—Penguin
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update 29 June 2008
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