Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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Special Ed~i~orial :__ BROTHBR LBROI<br />
Leroi Jorfes started writing while he .was `a,'boyi,'»<br />
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. . . bls.ck<br />
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® ~ . . black, power<br />
,: blaciK ps,z~ the -<br />
o . bls,ck ,px~r;t,~r<br />
he 'h ~s +growtx into a <strong>Black</strong><br />
Man, so ha~~ his "~vr3.t ngs developed ar~d matuzed -intcs- some f the mcaart, .3:mpntaant<br />
writings an¢.thopght's <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Black</strong> worl,d . .<br />
Sb1'aie Slack writers have severely 'cr aicl ~ Lct`~t~.'t s ~~<br />
<strong>Black</strong> enough . But what these :writers forget i~ ~Y~at Lero<br />
.._taupe by the wh%te motherfucker t~o buy him <strong>of</strong> ~ grid ' maims<br />
tablishment writer . ` At the same tune, he has 'g~bwt~ by, ' 1<br />
his prize-winning Cbut not very <strong>Black</strong>) easay'rr~' a Libre"<br />
orb, he is the one <strong>Black</strong> American write! to 'feast his<br />
western c3vilizatiorx.'s art for art salve decacierxce ~tnd flip<br />
to the vestibule <strong>of</strong> mother-Africa . Listen to Leroi bring<br />
ancestarss<br />
. . . . . . . .The magic dance in the street . Run up and dawn Br ad Stareet,nig~gers~<br />
take the shit you want, Take their lives if need be, bu,t et what you ~tant<br />
what you need . Dance up and down the`~treets,'turn all th rnusi~ up, run throe<br />
the streets with music, beautiful radios cn Market Street s tMe~ are brought<br />
here especially for you . Our brothexs are moving a~11 over sms,shing at ~ex~ywh3~te<br />
faces . We must make our owr~ 4Vorld ~ ~~n, Aur own world s an w:e cannot do this<br />
unless the white man is dead . . . . . . . .<br />
Maybe youlre not hip to it ;<br />
but this passage is not<br />
prose, no, . it isn't This<br />
is Afr~.can poetry at it s<br />
best . It is the poetry ;<br />
formless, rhymeless, the<br />
lilting poetry <strong>of</strong> Africa .<br />
Let it roll <strong>of</strong>f your tongue,,<br />
ululate it, and see, whethex<br />
., y~au can, ever get away<br />
from it .<br />
We ask ; Would these same<br />
<strong>Black</strong> writexs have had the r<br />
strength ,°' not to submit to<br />
white Azrie~3:carx fin~,nc~.ah<br />
flattery ,and `; still ,be~eo?ne<br />
poet-pr ophets ' for ' Bl ack<br />
pes~ple anywhere ' near the<br />
~r~~,iber <strong>of</strong> Leroi Jones? We ~~,<br />
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.r; :.<br />
'.~"l~:xV'~i:NCd lJ. Leltui Jones* and<br />
ri~s3rtgs, ~ .neat being<br />
has`~~sme~shed ali at~<br />
~:m 3~nta, . a nigger e~<br />
eps anc~' 'k~wnds since<br />
19-60 ) .: ~ In auz opine~'thetic<br />
effcart Pa®t<br />
Iii$ woxd~" sdur~ds an.~<br />
orth adtir3,ce fray o<br />
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