Afro-American Studies 691L - S-The Black Arts Movement

The Black Arts Movement of the 1960's and 1970's in its many manifestations, including literature, theater, music , and the visual arts. Focus on the ways in which domestic and international political movements (e.g., Civil Rights, Black Power, and anti-colonial) intersected with Black Arts, deeply influencing the formal and thematic choices of African American artists. The distinctive regional variations of the movements and the ways in which Black Arts fundamentally changed how art is produced and received in the United States.