Black Arts Movement

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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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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Black Arts Movement
Context triple: [American literature, hasMovement, Black Arts Movement]

A. Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a mid-20th-century Black American political and cultural movement that emphasized racial pride, self-determination, and resistance to systemic oppression.
B. Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
C. Congress of Racial Equality
The Congress of Racial Equality is a pioneering U.S. civil rights organization known for its nonviolent direct-action campaigns, including Freedom Rides and sit-ins, to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.
D. NAACP
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a historic U.S. civil rights organization founded in 1909 that has led legal challenges and advocacy efforts against racial discrimination and segregation.
E. American civil rights movement
The American civil rights movement was a mid-20th-century mass social and political campaign, prominently led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr., that sought to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and secure equal rights under the law.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Black Arts Movement
Target entity description: 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.

A. Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a mid-20th-century Black American political and cultural movement that emphasized racial pride, self-determination, and resistance to systemic oppression.
B. Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
C. Congress of Racial Equality
The Congress of Racial Equality is a pioneering U.S. civil rights organization known for its nonviolent direct-action campaigns, including Freedom Rides and sit-ins, to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.
D. NAACP
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a historic U.S. civil rights organization founded in 1909 that has led legal challenges and advocacy efforts against racial discrimination and segregation.
E. American civil rights movement
The American civil rights movement was a mid-20th-century mass social and political campaign, prominently led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr., that sought to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and secure equal rights under the law.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (84)

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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Dudley Randall → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Dudley Randall → influenced → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Arts Movement poets

Etheridge Knight → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Etheridge Knight → influencedBy → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Arts Movement writers

Don L. Lee → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Haki R. Madhubuti

Don L. Lee → fieldOfWork → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Haki R. Madhubuti

Wilsonia Benita Driver → notableFor → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Homecoming → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

We a BaddDDD People → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Love Poems → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

I've Been a Woman → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Homegirls and Handgrenades → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Under a Soprano Sky → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Does Your House Have Lions? → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Arts Movement tradition

Shake Loose My Skin → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Who Look at Me → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Dry Victories → literaryMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Betty Blayton-Taylor → associatedWith → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

And Still I Rise → associatedWith → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

To Be Young, Gifted and Black → associatedWith → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

Camille Yarbrough → movement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

American poetry → hasPeriod → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Arts Movement poetry

American poetry → hasMovement → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

African-American theatre → historicalPeriod → Black Arts Movement ⓘ

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