Black Arts Movement
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The Black Arts Movement was an African-American-led art movement that was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Through activism and art, BAM created new cultural institutions and conveyed a message of b
Nikki Giovanni, a participant in the Black Arts Movement
Novelist James Baldwin on the Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London
Ntozake Shange (1978), author of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Nikki Giovanni
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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poet
Black Arts Movement
…was triggered by the assassination of Malcolm X, but its roots predate that event. Among the well-known writers who were involved with the movement are Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Hoyt W. Fuller, and Rosa Guy. Although not strictly part of the Movement, other notable African American writers such as…
Giovanni speaking at Emory University in 2008
Giovanni in 1997.