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==Key Writers and Thinkers of this Movement== |
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*[[Amiri Baraka]] (aka [[Evertt LeRoy Jones]]) |
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*[[Angela Davis]] |
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*[[Sonia Sanchez]] |
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*[[Nikki Giovanni]] |
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Revision as of 15:05, 11 June 2006
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Overview
The Black Arts Movement is commonly known as the artistic branch of the Black Power movement. This movement was founded in Harlem by writer and activist Amiri Baraka(b. Everett LeRoy Jones), who is arguably its most prominent, important figure.[1]Time Magazine describes the Black Arts Movement as the "single most controversial moment in the history of African-American literature--possibly in American literature as a whole."[2]The Black Arts Repertory Theatre is the key institution of the Black Arts Movement.
Notes
Key Writers and Thinkers of this Movement
- Amiri Baraka (aka Evertt LeRoy Jones)
- Sonia Sanchez
- Nikki Giovanni
- Larry Neal
- Steve Cannon
- Calvin Hicks
- John O. Killens
- Maya Angelou
- Jean Carey Bond
- Rosa Guy
- Sarah Wright
- Askia Touré
- Al Haynes
- Yusef Rahman
- Keorapetse
- "Willie" Kgositsile Nannie
- Walter Bowe
- Harold Cruse
- Tom Dent
- Ed Bullins
- Ray Durem
- Adrienne Kennedy
Other Info
A 2005 international exhibition, 'Back to Black - Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary', details which are available with the Archives of Whitechapel Art Gallery
A 2006 major conference 'Should Black Art Still Be Beautiful'? Organised by OOM Gallery and Midwest the conference created a forum by examinining the development of contemporary Black cultural practice and its future in Britain. April 1st 2006, New Art Gallery Walsall, UK.
Recently redeveloped African and Asian Visual Arts Archive ( [1]) currently located at University of East London (UEL). This archive can be searched through the UEL library site.
The Arts Council of England's (ACE) decibel initiative produced a summary, Reinventing Britain, in 2003 in association with the Guardian newspaper.
Archive available at Schomburg Centre, NYPL.