New Black Voices: An Anthology of Contemporary Afro-American Literature

by Abraham Chapman (Editor)

A major new collection of fiction, poetry, and criticism by outstanding black writers who speak to today. ONE COLOR AND MANY VOICES.

Genres: Anthologies, Nonfiction, Poetry

Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1972

Reviews

[chaka]

really good. kind of baffled that it never got a reprinting or another edition, but I'm grateful my fam kept this on a bookshelf to one day be read again.

who's who of Black artists, poets, writers, thinkers, critics, political figures, revolutionaries from the 60s and 70s in here. Eldridge Cleaver reviewing Franz Fanon, James Baldwin in conversation with Ida E. Lewis (first editor in chief at Essence), Emory Douglas, Malcom X., Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Ralph Ellison, Nikki Giovanni, Margaret Walker (yeah i know i'm reading names off the cover but still), banger poems from Conyus Calhoun. like you gotta break into a library collection at a university or know somebody who knows somebody at JSTOR to find some of these writings. a glimpse of a revolutionary moment and a future

[Chrysteen]

I learned a ton. And I am grateful that I had participated in a Civil Rights Road Trip a few years ago. Otherwise, much of what this anthology included would not have made as much sense to me. I am indeed only a beginner at trying to understand and explore the Black experience in this country, but it's about damned time for me to pay attention to the contributions of my Black fellow citizens, who have such rich contributions to make in all areas of our cultural life, and have been contributing to our cultural life since they were kidnapped and brought here by the Europeans (who came and proceeded to colonize (rape) the land, subdue and subvert the original inhabitants, and enslave kidnapped Africans for centuries.

[Kristi Toney]

Powerful voices

[Stephani]

Required reading if you want to learn about the Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s-early 1970s.