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" The best short stories by Negro writers: an anthology from 1899 to the present "  Langston Hughes (Little, Brown and Company, 1967) " American Negro short stories " John Henrik Clarke (Hill and Wang, 1966) ...................... "American Negro short stories" Autor: John Henrik Clarke Hill and Wang, 1966 355 pages ...................... Table of Contents Introduction "The Lynching of Jube Benson," Paul Laurence Dunbar "On Being Crazy," W. E. B. Du Bois "The Goophered Grapevine," Charles Waddell Chesnutt "The City of Refuge," Rudolph Fisher "The Overcoat," John P. Davis "Truant," Claude McKay "A Summer Tragedy," Arna Bontemps "The Gilded Six-Bits," Zora Neal Hurtson "Bright and Morning Star," Richard Wright "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black," John Henrik Clarke "One Friday Morning," Langston Hughes "So Peaceful in the Co...

Jméno afroamerického historika a aktivisty Johna Henrika Clarka (1915-1998) je spíše známé ve spojitosti s jeho vědeckou profesí nebo přátelským vztahem s Malcolmem X. Jeho méně známou tvář se pokusí ukázat jeho sbírka básní "Rebelie v rýmu" (Rebellion in Rhyme, Decker press, 1948; text v angličtině). Clarkova poezie zachycuje tvorbu z dob jeho mládí, které jako osmnáctiletý mladík prožíval se svými rodiči v Alabamě, ale hlavně období hospodářské krize, kdy odjel do newyorské čtvrti Harlem a dostal se tak více do kontaktu s afroamerickou kulturou. Dalším obdobím je rok 1941, kdy odešel do armády a strávil v ní téměř 5 let. Z básní je zcela patrné, že sympatizoval s myšlenkami panafrikanismu a znovunabytým sebevědomím amerických černochů. V úvodu své sbírky říká: " "Tyto básně odrážejí mé rané začátky jako pozorovatele společnosti a jako mladého muže z jihu, který během svých prvních let v Harlemu přemýšlí o afrických problémech a uvědomění, získaném spoluprac...

John Henrik Clarke (1.ledna, 1915 — 16.července, 1998) - byl afroamerický spisovatel, historik, profesor a básník, a v 60.letech patřil mezi první  zakladatele Afrických studií. - své jméno si změnil podle norského dramatika a básníka Henrika Ibsena - v době hospodářské krize se Clarke rozhodl odjet z Alabamy do New Yorku, do čtvrti Harlem, kde navštěvoval Harlem History Club a The Harlem Writers' Workshop , a rozvíjel své znalosti o Afro-Americké historii. Rovněž studoval historii a literaturu na Kolumbijské Univerzitě v New Yorku. Své vzdělání částečně získal jako samouk, mezi jeho mentory patřil portorikánský historik Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - Dr.Clarke patřil k zastáncům Panafrikanismu a ve svých přednáškách a publikacích se snažil o oživení a znovunabytí sebevědomí pro černochy v USA. - Kromě vyučování na Hunterově a Cornellově Univerzitě se v roce 1968 podílel na založení Asociace studií afrického dědictví, která se snažila podporovat čer...

Then and Now When I was  a little boy, About half past three, All the world was a garden to me. Rain and other things from the sky Was the grace of God passing by... But now, I bow my head and sigh, As bombs fall and babies cry. In a world wreathed in wild confusion, I have lost every trace of my beautiful illusion.

Poem When leaves hang sleepy From the trees, And no sound is heard Not even the hum of busy bees, I creep quietly from my cottage Into the glowing moonlight And steal some lines for a sooner Out of the stillness of the night. (J.H.Clark „Rebellion in rhyme“, p.93)

To a Magnolia You look so restful and kind Lovely flower of Spring, Without a mind to think evil thoughts, Or eyes to see evil things. I wish I were like you Lovely Magnolia, Smiling in the early morn; Unlike Humans, you die As sinless as you were born. (J.H.Clark „Rebellion in rhyme“, p.86)

Most of the poems of this volume were written when I was between the age of 18, in the summer of 1933, and the age of 26, in the summer of 1941. These poems reflect my early beginnings as a social thinker and as a young man, straight out of the South during my early years in Harlem reflecting on the African condition and the awareness learned from associating with a diversity of politically-left movements I was a member of the Harlem History Club then functioning out of the Harlem YMCA on 135th street. (...) I was discovering the world and social change and wondering what role my people would play in the change for a better world. The writing of these poems at this juncture in my personal development was a form of therapy, a ventilation of my inner-self, an airing of my grievances and a celebration of the fact of my being alive. I developed a possessive love for my own people and their place in history at this time that was to stay with me for the rest of my life. (...)

During his lifetime, the name Malcolm X was a lightning rod that electrified the black community. Now, thirty years after his death, we are still coming to grips with the complexity, and power of his message. In this fascinating volume, Malcolm X, the man and the leader, stands revealed in a shimmering mosaic of memories, interviews, insights, and appreciations by:

The full impact of Malcolm X, his personality and his mission come urgently to life in this definitive anthology of his writings, speeches and manifestos along with writings about him by an international group of African and African American scholars and activists.