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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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Southern Road /
The Negro Caravan /
The Collected Poems of Sterling Brown /
The Negro in American Fiction; Negro Poetry and Drama
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Last Ride of Wild Bill and Eleven Narrative Poems
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Books about Sterling Brown
Joanne,Gabbin.
Sterling A. Brown: Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition (1994)
John Edgar Tidwell,
Sterling A. Brown's A Negro Looks at the South (2007)
Charles Rowell.
Callaloo's Sterling A. Brown: Special Issue (1998)
Mark A. Sanders.
Afro-Modernist Aesthetics & the Poetry of Sterling Brown (1999)
Mark A. Sanders.
A Son's Return: Selected Essays of Sterling Brown (1996)
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Letter 19
Sterling
Brown Thanks Christian
For New Orleans History Material WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Walker-Johnson Building
1734 New York Avenue NW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
December 11, 1937
Dear Mr. Christian:
This letter is long overdue. This is my first opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of the material sent by
you and to say that it is entirely satisfactory. The Bras Coupe' sketch and the note on Cecilly (colored actress) are
especially gratifying. You need not bother about additional information on the latter as I believe the office here, aided
by your editorial note, will be able to get whatever is available.
I wish to than you for your hearty cooperation and promptness and for the very good material which you have sent in.
Very truly yours,
Sterling A. Brown,
Editor on Negro Affairs,
Federal Writers' Project
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* * * * * Sterling Allen Brown (1901-1989), author, critic,
professor, Poet Laureate for Washington, DC, and "the Dean of American
Poets," was born on Howard University's campus at the site where Cook Hall
Dormitory now stands, in a house on Sixth and Fairmount in
Washington, DC, Brown was the last of six children born to Reverend Sterling
Nelson and Adelaid Allen Brown. He grew up on the campus of Howard University,
where his father taught in the School of Religion. He was educated in the District of Columbia Public Schools
and received his Bachelor's degree from Williams College (Williamstown, MA) in
1922 with honors as a Phi Beta Kappa. Brown entered graduate school and received
his Master's degree from Harvard University in 1923.
He taught at Virginia Seminary in Lynchburg,
Virginia; Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Lincoln
University in Missouri. He was a visiting lecturer at Atlanta
University, New York University and Vassar College.
Sterling Brown joined the Howard University faculty in 1929 and
remained associated with Howard for almost sixty years.
His poem "Strong Men," from his book entitled Southern Road
(1931), celebrates the enduring spirit of Black people in the
face of racial oppression and political exploitation. The
poem captures the horrors of the Middle Passage and reflects the
"idea of Black stoicism," Brown explains in
Southern Road. According to literary critic Joanne V. Gabbin, "During the 1930s
and 1940s, Brown's studies of the folk experience and culture
were the fullest of any in the field."
In his book,
The Negro in
American Fiction (1937), Brown shows parallels of how
treatment of an oppressed group in literature reflects its
treatment in life. His pioneering work brought recognition to
African-American literature and folklore.
And more
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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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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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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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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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