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Lecture: Umbra's Place in Black Arts' History

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Title	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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