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UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA, MERCED Hidden Voices: the Women of the Black Arts Movement and the Rise of the Ancestors a Dissertat UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED Hidden Voices: The Women of the Black Arts Movement and the Rise of the Ancestors A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Individualized Graduate Program with an emphasis in World Cultures by Kim McMillon Committee in charge: Professor Nigel De Juan Hatton, Chair Professor Gregg Camfield Professor Sean L. Malloy Professor James Smethurst August 2019 Hidden Voices: The Women of the Black Arts Movement and the Rise of the Ancestors Copyright © 2019 By Kim Cheryl McMillon The dissertation of Kim McMillon is approved. _____________________________________________ Gregg Camfield _____________________________________________ James Smethurst _____________________________________________ Sean L. Malloy _____________________________________________ Nigel DeJuan Hatton, Committee Chair iii My Dissertation is dedicated to my mother, and my beautiful father who is now an Ancestor. I could not have done this dissertation without the joyous community of family and friends that have held my hand throughout this journey. Thank you, my dear brothers, Vincent and Chet. Thank you my dear friends Necola Adams, Shellee Randol, Teresita Chavarria, Vicki Underwood, Zerita Dotson, Stephanie Anne Johnson, and too many others to name. I love you all. iv CURRICULUM VITAE KIM MCMILLON TEACHING EXPERIENCE: GASP 153: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 06/28/19-07/03/19 GASP 153: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 07/02/18-08/10/18 Humanities 3000-Sect 6/Theatre of Transformation (CSUS) (Lecturer) 01/26/18-05/17/18 GASP 153: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 01/17/17 -05/09/17 ARTS 115: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 08/25/16 -12/08/16 ARTS 115: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 05/23/16 -06/30/16 ENG/SPAN 100 Engaging Texts (Teaching Assistant) 01/09/16 -05/09/16 ARTS 100: History of World Arts (Teaching Assistant) 08/25/15 -12/14/15 Arts 115: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 06/26/15 -07/03/15 S001: Introduction to Sociology (Teaching Assistant) 01/20/15 -05/09/15 SPAN 060: Intro to Chicano/a Culture (Teaching Assistant) 08/28/14 -12/13/14 ENG 31: Introduction to African American Lit (Teaching Assistant) 01/22/14 -05/09/14 ENG 20: Introduction to Shakespeare (Teaching Assistant) 08/27/13 -12/09/13 ARTS 115: Theatre & Social Responsibility (Teaching Fellow) 05/28/13 -07/03/13 LIT 31: Introduction to American Lit II (Teaching Assistant) 01/23/13 -05/14/13 HIST 123 Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the United States 08/28/12 -12/06/12 HIST 011: Introduction to World History (Teaching Assistant) 01/19/12 -05/06/12 LIT 30: Introduction to American Literature I, to 1865 (Teaching Assistant) 08/25/11 -12/12/11 PRODUCTION/LITERARY EXPERIENCE: ▪ Produced the 2010 Ethiopian New Year Celebration, Enkutatash. Handled publicity, promotion, set-up, and breakdown of this event with an audience of more than 2000 in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park with the support of the City of Berkeley, the Berkeley Police Department, and the Oakland Ethiopian Community and Cultural Center. ▪ Wrote grants, created and managed budgets, and produced PEN Oakland’s playwriting series, 8 short plays, staged at Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley | 09/2008 - 8/2009 ▪ Wrote, and produced stage readings of Carlos Diegues’ 1984 movie Quilombo dos Palmares on 17th Century Slavery in Brazil. Stage productions at Laney College in Oakland, and Alameda College in Alameda, CA |4/2007-02/ 2009 ▪ Produced the PEN Oakland sponsored literary series Oakland Out Loud at the Oakland Public Library in conjunction with the publishing of the Oakland Out Loud anthology |04/2007 - 09/2007 v ▪ Curated the poetry program for Chandra Garsson’s exhibition, Insomnia [Awakening], which focused on the culture of violence that perpetrates child abuse and sexual abuse of women, as told through the personal experiences of one local artist. Poets reading included Ellen Bass, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Jennifer Stone, Alta, Shailja Patel, Mary Mackey, Leslie Simon, etc. | 02/2004 - 03/2004 ▪ Produced, wrote, and starred the one-woman show, Confessions of a Thespian, directed by Margo Hall and staged at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley, CA. |10/1999 -03/2000 ▪ Produced, Wrote & Directed Voyages, which premiered at the Nova Theatre in San Francisco in March 1986, and was produced at Zellerbach Playhouse in August 1987. In January 1988, the Black Repertory Group produced Voyages. The theme of spiritual enlightenment was explored highlighting issues of race, sexuality, death, and rebirth. PUBLICATIONS: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka, Anthology Contribution, Ohio University Press, Publication Date: 2021 Black Power Encyclopedia (1965-1975), a two-volume reference work that explores the emergence and evolution of the Black Power Movement in the United States. Contributed section on the Black Arts Movement. ABCCLIO: July 2018: 78-85. Journal of Pan African Studies edited special edition on the Black Arts Movement, April 2018. “The Black Arts Movement – Healing Systemic Racism,” State of UC Blog, August 30, 2016. Fightin’ Words: 25 Years of Provocative Poetry and Prose from “the Blue-Collar PEN”. CoEditor, Heyday Books, 2017. Oakland Outloud, poetry anthology, Assistant Editor, Jukebox Press, 2007. Words Upon the Waters, Publication Committee, Jukebox Press, 2006. PRESENTATIONS: Produced “We Wear Our Crown: An Evening of Female Empowerment” at UC Merced with the UC Graduate Student Association and the Office of Campus Climate. |03/2/2017 Rethinking Black Feminism and the Woman of the Black Arts Movement, UCSB. Funding by Center for Black Studies Research & the UC Consortium for Black Studies in California, Guest Speaker. |12/02/2016 UC Merced – Diversity and Inclusion graduate student panel, Facilitator. | 08/16/2016 With Associated Students of UC Merced, Produced Two Part Series on Race, Culture and History” with Professor Akinyele Omowale Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University, and Professor and historian James Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. | 04/07/2015 04/21/2015 CONFERENCES: • Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference, March 16-17, 2018 “Deconstructing the Black Arts Movement from a Feminist Point of View,” Presenter • Dillard University-Harvard’s Hutchins Center BAM Conference| 09/09/16 - 09/11/16 Dillard University, New Orleans, LA. Organizer • Social Justice in the Central Valley | 11/05/15 - 11/07/15 vi Utilizing the Theatre of the Black Arts Movement to Strengthen the Empathy Muscle, Stanislaus State University, CA. Guest Speaker • 50 Years On: The Black Arts Movement & Its Influences 02/28/14 - 03-02/14 UC Merced, Merced, CA, Organizer • Drama out West| 11/03/13 -11/05/13 The Black Arts Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, Presenter | 1960 – 1980 Black Doctoral Network Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Presenter • The Transformation of the African American through Black Theatre, |01/11/12 -01/14/12 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities |1960 1980. Presenter MEDIA EXPERIENCE: ▪ Civil Liberties Conversation, We are all Americans, panelist, Valley PBS | 07/19/2018 ▪ Arts in the Valley, Host and Producer 1480 KYOS AM, Merced, CA |10/2010- 07/2014 FIELD OF STUDY AND RESEARCH Under the direction of Professor Nigel Hatton, I researched the history and major figures of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) with an emphasis on the women of the BAM. EDUCATION: UC Merced| School of Social Sciences, and Humanities, World Cultures| Ph.D. program, | Summer 2019 San Francisco State University, | Theatre Arts-Playwriting, | M.A. Program, | San Francisco State University, English | Emphasis on Creative Writing, |B.A. AWARDS AND HONORS: ▪ Outstanding Women’s Award, Awarded for Outstanding Leadership, The Office of Student Life Women’s Programs. | 3/10/2018 ▪ UC Merced 2017 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. | 6/10/2017 ▪ Proclamation of Appreciation endorsed by Black Communities of Central California, business and educational leaders, service organizations community volunteers, and citizens of the communities of the San Joaquin Valley. |02/26/2017 ▪ UC Consortium for Black Studies Curatorial Public Events Award. | 12/04/1016 ▪ Martin Millennial Award honoring contributions to Southern Arts and Letters. |09/09/2016 ▪ The Soroptimist Ruby Award, Soroptimist International |04/10/2014 ▪ Distinguished UC Merced Woman and Graduate Student Award. |3/14/2014 AFFILIATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS: ▪ Graduate Student Representative on UC Merced’s Spendlove Price Comm. |06/2016-05/2018 ▪ PEN Oakland (Poets, Essayists, & Novelists) Oakland, CA (Board member) | 02/1995 – 02/2017 vii ▪ National Council of Negro Women (Member) 10/2014 – 09/2016 ▪ African Diaspora Student Association at UC Merced (President) 04/2013 – 12/2017 ▪ Arts UC Merced Presents (Board member)| 2013-2015 viii It is the poet’s task to sing. John O’Neal, Co-Founder, Free Southern Theatre ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I turned 62 on June 18, 2019. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that I would return to school for my doctorate in my later years. In 2010, it was suggested by a friend, Donell Williams, that I should enroll in graduate school at UC Merced. I was not working and had no idea what to do after losing my position as Allocator at Pacific Maritime Association in Oakland, CA because of the 2008 stock market crash. I was honored that Professors Gregg Camfield and Nigel Hatton agreed to be my advisors. I was unsure about my area of research until Professor Hatton said to do what I love. I love African American theatre, particularly the theatre of the Black Arts Movement (BAM). It opens my heart in a manner that almost nothing has before. The richness of language, culture, and personal empowerment in the theatre of the Black Arts Movement is powerful. Having come of age during the Black Arts Movement, I felt strongly about its message of “Black is Beautiful,” particularly as I grew up in 1950s and 1960s America where the message of Black Empowerment was not always welcomed.
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