Black Arts Movement

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African-American movement art movement cultural movement literary movement

The Black Arts Movement was a 1960s–1970s African American artistic and literary movement that promoted Black cultural pride, political empowerment, and experimental forms in poetry, theater, visual arts, and music.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American movement → art movement → cultural movement → literary movement →
alsoKnownAs	Black Aesthetic Movement →
characteristic	community-based arts organizations → emphasis on Black-owned presses → experimentation with form → integration of jazz and blues aesthetics → politically engaged content → street theater and guerrilla theater → use of African and African-American vernacular →
coreConcept	Black aesthetic → art as a weapon → art for Black liberation →
country	United States →
endTime	mid-1970s →
ethnicFocus	African Americans →
field	literary criticism → music → poetry → publishing → theater → visual arts →
foundedBy	Amiri Baraka →
genre	Afrocentric visual art → experimental jazz-influenced poetry → political poetry → protest drama →
hasGoal	community control of cultural institutions → creation of a distinct Black aesthetic → political empowerment of African Americans → promotion of Black cultural pride → rejection of Eurocentric standards in art → support for Black nationalism →
hasPart	Black Arts Repertory Theatre → Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School → Black theater companies → Black-owned small presses → Broadside Press → Third World Press →
ideology	Black nationalism → Pan-Africanism → anti-racism → cultural nationalism → revolutionary politics →
inception	1965 →
influenced	Black feminist literature → Black theater → contemporary African-American literature → hip hop culture → performance poetry → spoken word poetry →
influencedBy	Black Power movement → Civil Rights Movement → Harlem Renaissance → Third World liberation movements → anti-colonial movements →
locationOfFormation	Harlem, New York City →
mainRegion	Chicago → Harlem, New York City → Midwest United States → Northeastern United States →
movementCritic	Black feminists who critiqued sexism in the movement → Henry Louis Gates Jr. → Houston A. Baker Jr. →
movementSlogan	Black Power → Black is beautiful →
notableFigure	Amiri Baraka → Askia Touré → Ed Bullins → Gwendolyn Brooks → Haki R. Madhubuti → Ishmael Reed → June Jordan → Larry Neal → Maulana Karenga → Nikki Giovanni → Sonia Sanchez →
notableWork	Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing →
opposedTo	Eurocentric literary standards → assimilationist politics → white-dominated cultural institutions →
startTime	1965 →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amiri Baraka → Askia Touré → Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School → Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing → Broadside Press → Gwendolyn Brooks → Haki R. Madhubuti → Ishmael Reed → June Jordan → Nikki Giovanni → Sonia Sanchez → Third World Press →	movement
Amiri Baraka → Askia Touré ("Black Arts Movement writers") → Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School ("Black Arts Movement theatre groups") → Black Power movement → Chicago Black Renaissance → Gwendolyn Brooks ("Black Arts Movement poets") →	influenced
Askia Touré → Broadside Press → Congress of African People →	associatedWith
August Wilson → Nikki Giovanni ("Black Arts Movement writers") → US Organization →	influencedBy
Black Arts Movement ("Black Aesthetic Movement") →	alsoKnownAs
The Last Poets →	associatedMovement
Black is beautiful →	associatedWithMovement
Studio Museum in Harlem →	foundedInContextOf
Black Power movement ("Black aesthetic") →	hasCoreIdea
Black Power movement →	hasCulturalExpression
American literature →	hasMovement
African American literature →	hasNotableMovement
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing →	literaryMovement