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Lecture
:
Umbra's
Place
in
Black
Arts
'
History
Performer(s)
Henderson
,
David
Subject 1
Umbra
Poets
Workshop
.
Subject 2
Black
Arts
movement
.
Subject 3
Baraka
,
Amiri
,
1934-2014
.
Abstract
In his
lecture
about
the
Umbra
workshop
,
founded
in the
Lower
East
Side
, in
1962
,
David
Henderson
discusses
the
history
,
members
, and
works
of the
Umbra
workshop
.
Henderson
relates
what
it
was
like
to
live
in
New
York
City
during
those
years
, for
young
black
people
as
well
as for
homosexuals
.
Henderson
recounts
the
ties
to
Langston
Hughes
and the
Harlem
Renaissance
as
well
as
Hip
Hop
music
.
Henderson
and
Anne
Waldman
discuss
Amiri
Baraka's
part
in
Umbra
, as
well
as his
work
and
influence
on the
arts
world
.
Content
00:00
Slate
.
00:38
Andrea
Rexilius
and
others
make
announcements
.
Anne
Waldman
introduces
David
Henderson
.
05:30
David
Henderson
speaks
on
literary
history
and his
workshop
Umbra
in
terms
of the
Civil
Rights
Movement
.
Discusses
geography
and
connotations
of
New
York
City
in the
early
1960s
.
Henderson
discusses
Tom
Dent's
involvement
with the
NAACP
and his
studies
of
black
literature
.
One
of the
goals
of
Umbra
was to
support
black
literature
:
writers
,
people
who
wanted
to
hear/read
,
aimed
at
youth
.
Discusses
history
of the
Dark
Room
Collective
and
Thomas
Sayers
Ellis
.
Mentions
issues
of
race
and
World
War
II
;
lynching
of
soldiers
.
18:26
Effects
of
Hip
Hop
on
poetry
:
musicians
would
attend
Umbra's
workshops
.
Discusses
various
members
of
Umbra
.
Mentions
commitment
of
freedom
writers
,
says
he and
other
writers
wanted
to
make
similar
commitment
.
Mentions
violent
attacks
on
known
homosexuals
in
Harlem
in the
early
1960s
,
Henderson
says
they
all
carried
knives
and had
scars
.
Umbra
had
few
women
writers
.
31:00
Discusses
violence
,
Malcom
X's
assassination
and
Amiri
Baraka's
reaction
.
40:10
Discusses
what
members
of
Umbra
accomplished
after
leaving
the
group
.
Tom
Denton
went
to the
South
and was
involved
in
theatre
.
Mentions
Deacons
of
Defense
,
people
who
defended
others
against
the
KKK
.
Ishmael
Reed
involved
with
Stanford
,
Lennox
Raphael
started
a
newspaper
,
went
back
to
Trinidad
, and
now
lives
in
Denmark
.
51:20
Touches
on
Langston
Hughes
,
claims
Umbra
wouldn't
have
happened
without
Hughes
.
Hughes
connected
members
of
Umbra
to the
Harlem
Renaissance
:
Henderson
draws
connections
from
Harlem
Renaissance
, to the
Black
Arts
Movement
, to
Hip
Hop
.
56:10
Opens
Q&A
.
Brent
Zionic
asks
question
about
the
duality
of
language
.
Henderson
comments
.
1:05:00
Renee
Gladman
asks
about
the
work
itself
, the
writing
produced
.
Henderson
responds
.
1:09:00
Reads
"
Magma
" by
Norman
H
.
Pritchard
: "
Hollow
or
filamentary...
"
1:13:05
Anne
Waldman
discusses
Amiri
Baraka
.
Henderson
talks
a
bit
more
on
Baraka
: his
work
and
criticism
he
received
.
1:27:00
Jen
Hoffer
asks
a
question
about
defying
boundaries
.
Henderson
responds
.
1:32:48
Recording
ends
.
Type of Event
lecture
Date Recorded
2014-06-19
File Format
.mp3
Performance Length
1:32:48
Rights Information
Copyright
release
given
to
Naropa
University
for the
purposes
of
preservation
,
marketing
and
educational
use
.
All
other
rights
reserved
to
individual
performers
.
Department
writing
Summer Writing Program Number
40
Summer Writing Program Week
3
Original Format
CD (digital file)
Publisher
Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type
Sound
Language
eng
File Name
14PD038.mp3
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