Critics' Roundtable: Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry

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Digital-Materials Preservica
Creator:
Redmond, Eugene (Eugene B.) (1937-12-01), Asim, Jabari, 1962-, Braxton, Joanne M. (1950), Patterson, Raymond R. (1929-12-14-2001-04-05), Taylor, Clyde (1931-07-03-2024-01-24), Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-, Steptoe, Lamont B., 1949-, Gillespie, Carmen (1965-06-17-2019-08-30), Aubert, Alvin (1930-03-12-2014-12-06), Ward, Jerry W., Jr. (Jerry Washington), 1943-, Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-, Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET", and Miller, Adam David (1922-10-08-2020-11-04)
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The Critics' Roundtable, "Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry," was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre at James Madison University on Saturday, October 1, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.

Original 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference program reads, "As the drum stands at the crossroads of traditional African and African American culture, so the poets stand at the center of the drum providing the cadence, connections and continuity that define their literary history. Panelists on this roundtable will speak on periodicity and identify significant literary movements from the Harlem Renaissance through the Black Arts Movement to hip-hop. In an attempt to provide a valid historical framework for the poetry, panelists will discuss major literary milestones and important poets emerging during the twentieth century. (Eugene Redmond)"

This footage was originally recorded on 3 MII videocassettes.

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James Madison University
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James Madison University
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