General Editor's Note, Broadside Critics Series

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I The publisher and the general editor envision the Broadside Critics Series as an -attempt to introduce a fairly uniform body of sustained criticism into the tradition of Black poetry. The Series is, in part, a reply to the unfeeling neglect with which the literary Establishment has long scorned the efforts of our ancestors and our contemporaries to record a racial legacy of truth and beauty. It is, more importantly, a response to the need of Black people for respectful, honest evaluations written by and for members of their own race. Along with our contributing critics , we view this responsibility as elevating and inspirational , as well as conducive to the highest standards of factual accuracy and critical integrity. Uniformity in the Series, however, will be realistic in its deference to variations in the styles and convictions of our critics. The exciting intellectual ferment among Black thinkers of the Seventies is being made possible only by diversity and independence of thought. Any differences in the format of books in the Series as it progresses will generally reflect the fact that this Decade of the Black Critic , in establishing itself , must yield to new life forces in the Black world. Those life forces are coming to us , as always, in the form of individual men--some of whom will contribute books to this Series. It is not our

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James A. Emanuel's "General Editor's Note" addresses the gap in the literature as it pertains to Black poetry and the differences in the styles of the critics contributing to the Broadside Critics Series.

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    James A. Emanuel
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    Broadsides Critics Series, 1970-1975, undated
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    Draft, October 1970