Black Arts Movement writer

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concept

A Black Arts Movement writer is an African American author whose work, emerging primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, uses politically charged, culturally affirming, and formally experimental literature to advance Black liberation, identity, and community empowerment.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
African-American writer 5
Black Arts Movement writer canonical 1
member of the Black Arts Movement 1

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Ed Bullins African-American writer
Barry Michael Cooper African-American writer
Walter Mosley African-American writer
Carolyn Rodgers member of the Black Arts Movement
Valerie Joy Wilson Wesley African-American writer
William Attaway African-American writer
Sonia Sanchez