The black arts movement

1. The black arts movement The determination of black artists to produce black art to black people and accomplish black liberation! By: William Davis

2. Bam up-bringing • Started in Harlem by a writer and activist Amir Baraka • Started in 1967 • The movement was one of the most important times in Black American Literature • It inspired black people to make their own publishing houses, magazines, and art institutions

3. music • Baraka said that jazz was a way that black people could share their expeirence uncensored • Baraka believed that black music could promote black identity and show political struggle

4. Maya Angelou • an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. • Her most famous book was the, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” which was about her life and struggle being a black girl till the age of 17

5. Nikki giovanni • A poet who put an emphasis on the individual and the power they had to make a difference in their lives along with others • Her poetry united the black community cause she wrote about racial pride and respect for family • Still alive today and is a professor at Virginia Tech.

6. Sonia sanchez • She advocated the introduction of “Black Studies” courses in California • And she was the first to create and teach a course based on black women and literature in the United States • She is a poet who teaches at Temple University

7. sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arts_Movement • http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/blackarts/historical.htm