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Description of  Start a Riot!: Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)

While the legacy of Black urban rebellions during the turbulent 1960s continues to permeate throughout US histories and discourses, scholars seldom explore within scholarship examining Black Cultural Production, artist-writers of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) that addressed civil unrest, specifically riots, in their artistic writings. Read more