Sunday, December 16, 2018
#BiblioPowerSyllabus
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Syl·la·bus - /ˈsiləbəs/
Syl·la·bus - /ˈsiləbəs/
an outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching.
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"A host of grass-roots education struggles unfolded
between the mid-1960's and mid-1970's"
--Russell Rickford
Black Power Movement
the ABC of black power thought by obi B Egbuna (1973)
Spreading the word...
- fostered new definitions of black individual and community
the ABC of black power thought by obi B Egbuna (1973)
Spreading the word...
- black identity
- self-definition and autonomy
- solidarity among black people
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"Quality integrated education!"
Following the Brown v. Board of Education decision in May 1954, striking down segregated schooling, African Americans organized boycotts and demonstrations calling for the promise the decision implied of equal access to better schools
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Black Power Principle:
"Do-for-self"
Black Power Principle:
"Do-for-self"
Outside of the formal academy--in the community and on the streets--Black Power activists were motivated by the same goals as students: "quality education," but were now asserting the responsibility to provide that education for themselves
Black Power activists created independent schools, taught in community centers, established publishing companies, printed newspapers and magazines, and opened black book stores.
As the Black Power Movement evolved, activists embraced Pan-Africanism, an approach that viewed solidarity with black people across the Diaspora, and on the Continent, the Motherland
Promoting knowledge of their racial and cultural heritage
black activists began to dress in African clothing, to buy
African symbols and art, and replace their American or
"slave names" with African names
black activists began to dress in African clothing, to buy
African symbols and art, and replace their American or
"slave names" with African names
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"Schools and other sites of learning provided the critical terrain for battles over black studies, community control and African American identity." -- Russell Rickford
"the critical terrain" of Education for Liberation:
"Schools and other sites of learning provided the critical terrain for battles over black studies, community control and African American identity." -- Russell Rickford
"the critical terrain" of Education for Liberation:
Black Bookstores and
other sites of Education Activism
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Black Bookstores and
other sites of Education Activism
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Tree of Life Book Store
Kanya Ke'Kumbha
"A dream I had conceived...back in the early '60s... gathering 2 or 3 copies of books I loved from my own private collection and making them available to the citizens of New York City in a free reading room on 125th and Lenox in Harlem"
--Kanya Ke'Kumbha
Kanya Ke'Kumbha and collaborator, Dr. Moore
- "Starting as a glimmer of an idea in its owner, Kanya Ke'Kumbha . . .
- it grew into a kitchen discussion group meeting...
- then a sidewalk stand...
- five years ago it moved into the 40-by-80-foot ground floor storefront at 101 West 125th St. "
Kanya Ke'Kumbha
"A dream I had conceived...back in the early '60s... gathering 2 or 3 copies of books I loved from my own private collection and making them available to the citizens of New York City in a free reading room on 125th and Lenox in Harlem"
--Kanya Ke'Kumbha
Kanya Ke'Kumbha and collaborator, Dr. Moore
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National Memorial African Book Store
101 W. 125th St. at 7th Ave.
Lewis Micheaux, owner
"House of Common Sense and the
Home of Proper Propaganda"
-- Lewis Michaux
"Knowledge is power.
You need it every hour!"
--Lewis Michaux
--Lewis Michaux
Lewis Michaux featured on the Black Power Mixtape
By Vaunda Michaux Nelson
Vaunda Michaux discusses her father Lewis Michaux, remembered in
the children's book, The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest
Book Store (Audio)
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the children's book, The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest
Book Store (Audio)
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Liberation Bookstore
Lenox Avenue at 131st St.
Una Mulzac, owner
“[It's] not a matter of sales.
It’s not a question of bookselling….
It’s the raising of consciousness.”
-- Una Mulzac
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"A few days ago when my August 2010 post about Liberation Bookstore and Una Mulzac blew up with hits, I knew it was a signal that this matriarch and soldier in the army of black political struggle had, as one headline read, "joined the ancestors."Like many who lived outside of the Harlem community, and outside of NY state for that matter, I "knew" Una Mulzac and Liberation Bookstore more by reputation than by personal experience. In a wonderful culturally-conscious period between the early '80s through the mid-'90s, I heard the name of Liberation Bookstore invoked by brothers and sisters at black cultural fairs, literary conferences and black arts festivals in my hometown of Baltimore. From what these sisters and brothers said, I learned that Liberation Bookstore was a mecca where the conscious, the righteous brotherhood and sisterhood traveled to fortify themselves with black literature but also to meet up with other disciples of black culture who patronized Liberation and admired Una Mulzac." --Lisa Monroe http://nowrisebooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/liberation-bookstore-owner-una-mulzac.html
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Repression of Black Book Stores
"Experience has shown that Afro-American
cultural-type bookstores often serve as a
meeting place for black extremists and as a nucleus for their activities.
FBI, October 12, 1968"
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"FBI war on black bookstores"
Joshua Clark Davis | Feb. 19, 2018
"FBI war on black bookstores"
Joshua Clark Davis | Feb. 19, 2018
"Investigations should be instituted on new stores...and you should recognize the excellent target these stores represent for penetration by racial sources." ________________________________
"FBI war on black bookstores"
Joshua Clark Davis (The Atlantic article and book)
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Present day resonances of the
Liberation University
Agyei Tyehimba, activist and educator
"See the Black Power Exhibit
at the Schomburg in Harlem!"
Harlem educator, author and activist Agyei Tyehimba
went to see the Black Power Movement exhibit at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on April 1, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqBrhND1w-w
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Harlem Book Fair
Lenox Ave. at 135th St
Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture
in Black Culture
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Auturo Alfonso Schomburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bagy_ssQPk
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