May We Dedicate...? 1969 Radical Black/African American Poetry ~ Portland, Oregon ~ Albina Arts Center ~ Thurman Watts, Rufus Butler, et al

Title: May We Dedicate...?

Authors: Rufus Butler (preface), Danny Bell, Valencia Jarret, David Rages, Ken Thomas, Marvin Walker, and Thurman Watts

Description: Stapled card wraps. Light wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Rare. One institutional copy located on OCLC (Brown University). [9], 39 pages.

Radical Black poetry by six young writers in Oregon, dedicated ''To Black People Everywhere.'' Preface by Rufus Butler, the director of the Albina Arts Center, a significant cultural hub for the Black community in Portland. The thirty poems were written by Danny Bell, Valencia Jarret, David Rages, Ken Thomas, Marvin Walker, and Thurman Watts. The poems were written during the school year 1968-69, by four students at Willamette University and two at the Oregon College of Education in Monmouth.

In 1968, David Rages (Palo Alto) and Kenneth Thomas (Seattle) were members of the newly established Black Student Union at Willamette University, serving as the inaugural president and vice-president, respectively.

Binding: Staple bound soft cover
Condition: Very Good+

Publisher: Albina Arts Center
Place: [Portland, Oregon]
Year: 1969

Keywords: African-American, poetry, radical literature, chapbook, Portland, Oregon, Willamette University, Oregon College of Education, Western Oregon University, 1960s, sixties,