![3RD ANNUAL
Jazz tribute to
Martin Luther King Jr.
The power of an idea
can be measured by
the people it touches.
JANUARY 15, 1929 - APRIL 4, 1968
[picture by Elle Wilson]
LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING TILL EARTH AND HEAVEN RING
RING WITH THE HARMONIES OF LIBERTY
LET OUR REJOICING RISE HIGH AS THE LIST-‘NING SKIES
LET IT RESOUND LOUD AS THE ROLLING SEA
CHORUS
SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE
DARK HAS TAUGHT US
SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE
PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US
FACE THE RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN
LET US MARCH ON TILL VICTORY IS WON](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/2/6/6/26658fd7-7b18-4a04-ad41-f3f76105e2d1/attachment/4b857fce5eef0aade57c1cd4c7ce1b02.jpg)
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James Emanuel talking with Yogoslavian dignitaries 1986 Photo
Chansse Evans and James Emanuel at Sorbonne Photo
James Emanuel in what might be Sidi-bou-said in Tunisia Photo
James Emanuel after reading to pupils in Hempstead, Long Island Photo
![[19 Jan. 1990]
1990 PROGRAM
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
MARION BROWN Saxophonist
TONNIE CLARK Dancer
RICARDO D’AFRICA Poet
JAMES EMANUEL Poet
CHANSSE EVANNS Saxophonist
BOBBY FEW Pianist
BOBI JOCELYN Vocalist
LILLIAN LAGARRIGUE Announcer
MRA OMA Trumpetist
KHARIM POORMAN Dancer
MIKE ROBERSON Gospel Voice
JOHN SPINDEL Violinist
1988 Participants
Joe Turner Dr. Sessem
March Thompson Steve Lacy
François Tusques Benny Waters
Art Lewis Chansse Evanns
Mitchell Thouseau Lillian Lagarrique
James Emanuel Willie Qist
John Kliphan Bridget Servan
Cynthia McPherson Nicole Kliphan
1989 Participants
Gregg Hunger Monique-Ange Hertin
Liz MaCombe Bob Drewry
Mark Thompson Chansse Evanns
Birgit Von Keller
+(For the Concert Room at the American Church.
(1988-89-90)
....Bob Bishop....](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/9/c/c/9ccbb189-f805-4c09-9101-701cd8cc648e/attachment/e63d8937abfa1f4a2ffaf21031d90f9b.jpg)
Jazz tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. 3rd Annual (page 2 of 2)
Crystal Star Chicago Photo
![Comments (usable in publicity) on James A.
Emanuel’s poetry:
“In the annals of American poetry it is difficult
to conceive of a more neglected great poet than
James A. Emanuel” (Daniel E. Scheider, “The Not
So Strange Emanuel Case,” Internet essay, March
6, 2001, www. Cosmoetica.com/S1-DES1.htm, else-
where adding “for my money THE most neglected
published poet of the 20th Century.”
“Emanuel is a GREAT POET-period.” (Schneider,
same essay, p. 4)
“Un poète de premier order ....Indubitablement,
Emanuel a dèja plus d’un pied sur la terre -pro-
Mise.” (Michel Fabre, rev. of The Force and the
Reckoning in AFRAM Review, June 2001)
“I love [italics his] your work, and look forward
to reading more.” (Ltr from Henry Louis Gates, 1995)
With “a grand irony,” Emanual writes “direct-
experience poetry,” beautiful poems, but also
poems “short and violent like sort of a rifle
shot.” (“Panorama” program, France Culture Ra-
dio, 3 Sept. 1992)
“Dr. Emanuel, a pioneer in the study of black li-
terature and a critically acclaimed poet, is a
living link to past expatriates, says Princeton
University literary scholar Arnold Rampersad ....
There were no courses in African American liter-
ature when Emanuel started out .... He researched
everything from the original texts. Dr. Emanuel
managed to publish an error-free volume on [Lang-
ston] Hughes. My book had mistakes .... His didn’t.”
(Toni Y. Joseph, One Voice, 1994, pp. 144-45)
“It is high time for James A. Emanuel, one of our
finest and most adventurous poets, to receive his
due acclaim. ... to be heard round the world.”
(X.J. Kennedy, cover of The Force and the Reckoning.)
The Force and the Reckoning “is splendid and
original achievement. I know of know similar book.”
(Michel Fabre, cover of this book)
Naomi on JAZZ (ltr 19.04.2000), herein.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/4/4/5/445e8d3e-1f19-48f9-9797-249dbc7d1dff/attachment/accf4d36017c7f74427f5cc6a1625b02.jpg)
Comments (usuable in publicity) on James A. Emanuel's poetry
James Emanuel Speaking to Hunter College Students