1  Cover

      2  Series Title

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright Page

      5  Dedication

      6  Epigraph

      7  Quote

      8  Acknowledgments

      9  Translator’s Note Notes

      10  Foreword – Saidiya Hartman Notes

      11  Introduction Notes

      12  1 The Triangle: Oxymoronic Circles Chronotope Scholarly and personal implications An intellectual tradition The question of return Notes

      13  2 University Trajectory: Atlantic Peregrinations Black orbit Studying in France Studying overseas Notes

      14  3 The Hexagon: An Ambiguous Adventure “For the great MCs, on behalf of a grateful ‘hood’” 2005: “Right the wrong, by any means necessary” Public discourse Black History Month (BHM)/Africana Days To be done with the burden of race Notes

      15  Conclusion The Orbs are Black, or, What Beauty Owes to Chaos Notes

      16  Index

      17  End User License Agreement

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