NYU Black Renaissance Noire Volume 18 Issue 3 - Fall 2018 | Page 4

Contents cover art by Lava Th omas, Rosa Parks, 2018 Graphite and conté pencil on paper 33 1/4” by 47” volume 18 issue 3 | fall 2018 back cover art by Lava Th omas, 36 Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire Institute of African-American Aff airs New York University 14A Washington Mews, 4th fl oor New York, NY 10003-6687 telephone [phone] fax [phone] e-mail [email protected] website http://www.nyubrn.org/ Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire is edited and published by the Institute of African-American Aff airs at New York University. All material copyright 2018 by New York University and the authors. All rights reserved. All opinions expressed in Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire are the responsibility of the individual authors and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the editors, the New York University Institute of African-American Aff airs, or New York University itself. Manuscripts in English, should be 12 point type sent in double-spaced format, in a Microsoft Word-compatible electronic fi le to the main e-mail address. Manuscripts in African languages, French or Spanish will be considered if accompanied by an English translation. Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire is published three times a year. founding editors Manthia Diawara Clyde Taylor Walter Mosley 2018 subscription rates Th e following is subscription information for Black Renaissance Noire. editor Quincy Troupe Preferred Payment Method and Currency: check/us dollars membership rates: Yearly Individual Domestic/Int’l (3 issues): $35 (dom)/$42 (int’l)usd Yearly Institutional Domestic/Int’l Subscription (3 issues): $60 (dom)/$67(int’l) usd Individual Issue Purchase: $15 usd International Shipping Charge: $12.50 (ind)/$28 (inst) All Available Versions: Print Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noire is indexed in Humanities International Complete printed by dg3. printed in the usa creative director Cesar Cruz arts editor/copy editor Margaret Porter Troupe editorial assistant Cyd C. Fulton 6 Iraq Etcetera A Novel In Progress louise meriwether 12 Poem cheryl boyce-taylor 16 Poem editorial board Jeff rey Renard Allen Houston A. Baker Jr. Kamau Brathwaite Mbye Cham Maryse Condé Angela Y. Davis Martín Espada Kimiko Hahn Allison Adele Hedge Coke Victor Hernandez Cruz Robin D. G. Kelley Kobena Mercer Walter Mosley V. Y. Mudimbe Alexs Pate Ngũg1̃ wa Th iong’o Angelique V. Nixon Patrick Rosal Clyde Taylor Kitia Toure Abdourahman A. Waberi 18 Interview with Art Collector Ronald Maurice Ollie mary anne rose 30 Poems sharon olds 34 Poem ishmael reed 66 Poems roger aplon 56 Ascension: The Black World of Léon Damas and Stephen Henderson e. ethelbert miller 60 Poems léon-gontran damas translated by Brenda Marie Osbey 106 International Economic Development in the Modern Era: From Conquest and Colonialism to Empowerment and Inclusion wallace ford 74 Poems melanie swetz 44 Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott lava thomas nv baker website administrator Mary Gibson Double Entendre and Double Consciousness in the Cinematic Contruct of Get Out melba joyce boyd 63 Poems guy tirolien translated by Brenda Marie Osbey 78 Canebrake: A Novel quincy flowers 90 Poems michael castro 94 110 Poems bob holman 114 Visual Arts chris cobb 120 Poem melba joyce boyd Visual Arts ronald maurice ollie 100 Poems patricia jabbeh wesley 122 Complicity of Silence stanley cohen 126 Contributors 4 My Take quincy troupe Euretta F. Adair, 2018 Graphite and conté pencil on paper 33 1/4” by 47”