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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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Black Arts Movement canonical	101
Black Arts Movement writers	7
Black Arts Movement poets	3
Black Arts poetry	2
African American arts movement	1
Black Aesthetic Movement	1
Black Aesthetic movement	1
Black Arts Movement era	1
Black Arts Movement poetry	1
Black Arts Movement theatre groups	1
Black Arts Movement tradition	1
Black Arts aesthetics	1
Black Arts poets	1
Black aesthetic	1
Black arts movement	1
The Black Arts Movement (essay)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American movement ⓘ art movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Black Arts Movement ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	mid-1970s ⓘ
ethnicFocus	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: 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/School ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ Third World liberation movements ⓘ anti-colonial movements ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Harlem ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City
mainRegion	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Harlem ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: 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 movement ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Haki R. Madhubuti → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

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