What Is Baraka's Call To Action?

1. Using the timeline on pp. 1523-1524 in the Norton Anthology of African American Literature 3rd Edition, Volume II, identify what you believe are the three most important events that occurred during the period from 1960-1975 and explain how each event influenced the literature of the period.
The three most important to me is The Black Art Movement started by Amari Baraka in Harlem, Black Panther Party founded the National Organization for Women founded, and Assassination of Malcolm X. Their events influenced literature the Black Power movement and showed how African American literature displayed the struggle of African American people and struggle for independence and black power.
2. Who is considered the founding father of the Black Arts
In “A Poem for Black Hearts” what is Baraka’s call to action? His call to action was the black pride and manhood and African American no longer trapped and uplifting of African Americans.
5. Why did Amira Baraka establish the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School? The established the Theater/School to provide training in the performance of the black arts which could be practical or theoretical.
6. Describe what was going on in the nation when John F. Kennedy became president. When John F. Kennedy became president, the country faced a series of diplomatic emergencies such as Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba in 1961, Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961 and the civil rights movement and black power movement.
7. Who was Ruby Bridges and what did she do? During the desegregation crisis in 1960 in New Orleans, Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana.
8. What effect did the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education has in United States race relations? It affected race relations is African American can attend any school they want to and the desegregation of schools which also cause discrimination and riots between the African Americans and
What school did the Greensboro Four attend?
The school they attended was North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University.
12. What youth-based organization was led by Robert Moses, Diane Nash, John Lewis and Stokely Carmichael and what role did it play in the Civil Rights Movement? The youth organization was The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, (SNCC) and it played a significant role in the Freedom Rides in 1961 which challenged segregation in transportation, March on Washington for Jobs for African Americans and Freedom of 1963, during the summer of Mississippi struggle for voting rights. They were activist for African Americans and inspired adults to join them to fights for their rights.
13. What was the impact of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act? The impact was it gave African American the rights to vote and Civil Rights to stop discrimination against job and provide equal opportunities for African Americans.
14. What was the significance of Stokely Carmichael’s declaration of “Black Power” relative to the philosophy of nonviolence and moral suasion that previously characterized the era? The significance was the African American are going together to and select representatives to speak for their needs and this Black Power. African American united together to fight against the racism and having control over our lives, politically, psychically and