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Black Arts Movement

Black Arts Movement. Ashley Domingo Justin Martinez Leinalyn Reduque Period 1. Definition of the Movement. Began around approximately 1965 Emphasized racial pride and presented works that were committed to the reflection of African American culture and experiences of black people

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Black Arts Movement

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  1. Black Arts Movement Ashley Domingo Justin Martinez Leinalyn Reduque Period 1

  2. Definition of the Movement • Began around approximately 1965 • Emphasized racial pride and presented works that were committed to the reflection of African American culture and experiences of black people • Emerged during the Civil Rights Movement which eventually led to what was known as the “Black Power Movement” • Often politically based with an aggressive style/tone • Challenged the white establishment • Started in Harlem by Amiri Bakara

  3. Poetic Techniques and Themes • Personification • Tone • Repetition • Imagery • Symbolism • Assonance • Metaphor • Diction • Narrative Instability • Theme: Breaking away from racial inequality

  4. Gwendolyn Brooks • Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917 and raised in Chicago • Brooks first attended Hyde Park High School, transferred to Wendell Phillips High, and lastly Englewood High School • Father is David Anderson Brooks; Janitor • Mother is Keziah Wilms Brooks; Schoolteacher • Well known for her intimate literary works that revolve around the struggles of racism and poverty of African American life • Received Literary Awards • First African American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize • Jefferson Lecture • Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American letters

  5. Notable Works • A Street in Bronzeville (1945) • Annie Allen (1949) • Maud Martha (1953) • The Bean Eaters (1960) • In the Mecca (1968)

  6. Literary Devices • Repetition: "We" • Assonance: Cool and school, late and straight, sin and gin, or June and soon • Irony: Title is "We Real Cool" but the message of the poem is different from what is expected • Tone: Hopeless • Theme: Freedom from education leads to an unhappy ending

  7. Sonia Sanchez Biography • Born on September 9, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama • In 1955, she earned a B.A. in political science at Hunter College • She formed the “Broadside Quartet” of young poets in Greenwich Village • In the early 1960s, she was a great supporter of racial equality among black people, but later focused on her black culture • In 1965, she was a teacher at San Francisco State University • In 1969, she published her first book of poetry called Homecoming • Not only did she write poetry, but she also wrote children books and plays • In 1971, she joined the Nation of Islam, but later left because of the restraint of women • Some literary achievements include the Outstanding Arts Award, the Peace and Freedom Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts Award

  8. Notable Works • Homecoming (1969) • A Blues Book for Blue Black Magicial Women (1973) • We a BaddDDD People (1970) • I’m Blue When I Ain’t (1982) • The Bronx is Next (1970)

  9. Literary Devices • Tone: Passionate & Loving • Metaphor: "the rain exploding in the air is love," "the grass excreting her green wax is love," and "stones remembering past steps is love" • Personification: "rain exploding," "grass excreting," and "stones remembering" • Repetition: "is love" in the second stanza • Diction & Imagery: reveal/visualize the emotions you feel when you are in love • Theme: Age plays a role in understanding the meaning of love • During the Black Arts Movement, poets wrote narrative stories such as the Ballad which inspired writers to write outside of their culture

  10. Amiri Baraka • Born into the name Everett LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey on October 7, 1934 • Father is Colt LeRoi Jones; a postal supervisor • Mother is Anna Lois Jones; a social worker • Attended Rutgers University; 2 years • Transferred to Howard University; earned B.A. in English in 1954 • Served in the Air force from 1954-1957 • Moved to Lower East Side of Manhatten • Joined loose circle of Greenwich Village artists, musicians, and writers • One year later, married Hettie Cohen • Began co-editing the avant-garde literary magazine Yugen with her. • Founded Totem Press • Won Literary Prizes that included: • Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation • National Endowment for the Arts • PEN/Faulkner Award • Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama

  11. Notable Works • Black Art (1969) • It's Nation Time (1970) • Spirit Reach (1972) • Black Magic : Collected Poetry (1969)

  12. Literary Devices • Imagery: "Clasped hands" • Tone: Hopelessness & Depression • Repetition: Uses "And" repetitively • Personification: "Ground envelopes me" • Theme: Judgment from the Whites has damaged the African Americans emotionally

  13. Artworks Confrontation "Die" Faith Ringgold

  14. AP Style Writing Prompt • Read the Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note poem carefully. Then write an essay in which you discuss the ways the author uses imagery, repetition, and personification to explain the theme of the poem. • In Gwendolyn Brooks's "We Real Cool," analyze how she uses tone, assonance, and irony to create the theme of the poem.

  15. Interactive Poetry Lesson A closed window looks down on a dirty courtyard, and Black people call across or scream across or walk across defying physics in the stream of their will. Our world is full of sound Our world is more lovely than anyone's tho we suffer, and kill each other and sometimes fail to walk the air. We are beautiful people With African imaginations full of masks and dances and swelling chants with African eyes, and noses, and arms tho we sprawl in gray chains in a place full of winters, when what we want is sun. We have been captured, and we labor to make our getaway, into the ancient image; into a new Correspondence with ourselves and our Black family. We need magic now we need the spells, to raise up return, destroy,and create. What will be the sacred word? Ka'Ba By: Amiri Baraka

  16. Resources • http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5647 • http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19520 • http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/276 • http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/blackarts/historical.htm • http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Black_aesthetic_movement.aspx

  17. BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT QUIZ TIME

  18. Question 1 Who is this poet?

  19. Answer Amiri Baraka

  20. Question 2 Approximately what period did this movement take place in?

  21. Answer 1965

  22. Question 3 Who was the first African American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize?

  23. Answer Gwendolyn Brooks

  24. Question 4 Who earned a B.A. in political science?

  25. Answer Sonia Sanchez

  26. Question 5 Name one of Sonia Sanchez's notable works.

  27. Answer Homecoming, A Blues Book for Black Magical Women, We a BaddDDD People, I'm Blue When I Ain't, The Bronx is Next

  28. Question 6 What University did Amiri transfer to?

  29. Answer Howard University

  30. Question 7 What movement was happening when this movement emerged?

  31. Answer Civil Rights Movement

  32. Question 8 Who is this writer?

  33. Answer Gwendolyn Brooks

  34. Question 9 Sonia Sanchez wrote poetry, but what else did she write?

  35. Answer Childrens Books and Plays

  36. Question 10 Who founded the Totem Press?

  37. Answer Amiri Baraka

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