What Is The Impact Of The Black Arts Movement
Historical and Creative Literacy Essay
The Black Arts Movement and Its Impact
From 1954 to 1968, Black Americans and other minorities fought for equal rights in what is known as the “Civil Rights Movement” here in America. It all began because of the courage of one woman…Rosa Parks, who was arrested in Montgomery, GA for refusing to move to the back of a bus. During this period in time, blacks were becoming more and more rebellious against the inequality they experienced in comparison to the white race. The Rosa Parks situation raised the awareness to an even higher level. With this awareness eventually arose the “Black Arts Movement” which is “radically opposed to any concept of the artist that alienates him from his community.” Black …show more content…
One goal of the movement is to “speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of Black people,” and to reject any art that a Black artist produces which does not contain “Black aesthetic.” Black art must not conform to the traditional White man’s art; it must have its own ideas and expressions. In order for the Black artist to have a meaningful role in transforming society, they must destroy white ideas and white ways of looking at the world; which is the ultimate goal of the Black Arts Movement. Elsa Honig Fine quotes Etheridge Knight in her article Mainstream, Blackstream, and he Black Art Movement, who stated that “unless the Black Artist establishes a “Black aesthetic” he will have no future at all. To accept the white aesthetic is to accept and validate a society that will not allow him to live.” Knight compares Black acceptance to direct their art toward a White audience to a Black man making his own bondage …show more content…
Makalani. “Minority Status and the Problem of Legitimacy.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, 1985, pp. 259–275., www.jstor.org/stable/2784125.
Adrian Piper as African American Artist
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An Unfashionable Tragedy of American Racism: Alice Childress's Wedding Band
Curb, Rosemary. “An Unfashionable Tragedy of American Racism: Alice Childress's Wedding Band.” MELUS, vol. 7, no. 4, 1980, pp. 57–68., www.jstor.org/stable/467168.
Race, Gender, and Academia
Scala, Arlene holpp. “Race, Gender and Academia.” Off Our Backs, vol. 24, no. 4, 1994, pp. 7–7., www.jstor.org/stable/20834720.
Diasporadas: Black Women and the Fine Art of Activism
Harrison, Bonnie Claudia. “Diasporadas: Black Women and the Fine Art of Activism.” Meridians, vol. 2, no. 2, 2002, pp. 163–184., www.jstor.org/stable/40338514.
Landscape, Race and National Identity: The Photography of Ingrid Pollard
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The Black Arts Movement and Its Impact
From 1954 to 1968, Black Americans and other minorities fought for equal rights in what is known as the “Civil Rights Movement” here in America. It all began because of the courage of one woman…Rosa Parks, who was arrested in Montgomery, GA for refusing to move to the back of a bus. During this period in time, blacks were becoming more and more rebellious against the inequality they experienced in comparison to the white race. The Rosa Parks situation raised the awareness to an even higher level. With this awareness eventually arose the “Black Arts Movement” which is “radically opposed to any concept of the artist that alienates him from his community.” Black …show more content…
One goal of the movement is to “speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of Black people,” and to reject any art that a Black artist produces which does not contain “Black aesthetic.” Black art must not conform to the traditional White man’s art; it must have its own ideas and expressions. In order for the Black artist to have a meaningful role in transforming society, they must destroy white ideas and white ways of looking at the world; which is the ultimate goal of the Black Arts Movement. Elsa Honig Fine quotes Etheridge Knight in her article Mainstream, Blackstream, and he Black Art Movement, who stated that “unless the Black Artist establishes a “Black aesthetic” he will have no future at all. To accept the white aesthetic is to accept and validate a society that will not allow him to live.” Knight compares Black acceptance to direct their art toward a White audience to a Black man making his own bondage …show more content…
Makalani. “Minority Status and the Problem of Legitimacy.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, 1985, pp. 259–275., www.jstor.org/stable/2784125.
Adrian Piper as African American Artist
Bowles, John P. “Adrian Piper as African American Artist.” American Art, vol. 20, no. 3, 2006, pp. 108–117., www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/511097.
An Unfashionable Tragedy of American Racism: Alice Childress's Wedding Band
Curb, Rosemary. “An Unfashionable Tragedy of American Racism: Alice Childress's Wedding Band.” MELUS, vol. 7, no. 4, 1980, pp. 57–68., www.jstor.org/stable/467168.
Race, Gender, and Academia
Scala, Arlene holpp. “Race, Gender and Academia.” Off Our Backs, vol. 24, no. 4, 1994, pp. 7–7., www.jstor.org/stable/20834720.
Diasporadas: Black Women and the Fine Art of Activism
Harrison, Bonnie Claudia. “Diasporadas: Black Women and the Fine Art of Activism.” Meridians, vol. 2, no. 2, 2002, pp. 163–184., www.jstor.org/stable/40338514.
Landscape, Race and National Identity: The Photography of Ingrid Pollard
Kinsman, Phil. “Landscape, Race and National Identity: The Photography of Ingrid Pollard.” Area, vol. 27, no. 4, 1995, pp. 300–310.,