Black Arts Movement
Two moments in reclaiming who gets to picture Black American life, one a literary and visual flowering of the 1920s and the other a hard colored assertion four decades later.
Dictionary entry
- Harlem Renaissance 1920s–1930s / Style
A cultural movement that rebuilt Black self-representation and modernity in the words and images of Black people themselves, working through literature, music, theater, publishing and art.
- AfriCOBRA 1968– / Style
Visualizes Black communal affirmation and political consciousness through blazing color, rhythm, lettering and Africa-centered images.