Black Arts Movement We want a black poem. And a Black World. Let the world be a Black Poem From “Black Art” by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)

1960’s & 70’s Included poets, writers, performers, artists Confronted white power structures Asserted African American cultural identity Community-centered Organized throughout the U.S.

Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) ( ) Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School in Harlem Nikki Giovanni (born 1943) Jay Wright (born 1935) Larry Neal ( ) Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934)

6 haiku by Sonia Sanchez (for Elizabeth Catlett in Cuernavaca) 1. La Señora making us remember flesh and wind 2. O how you help us catch each other’s breath 3. a woman’s arms climbing with colored dreams 4. Elizabeth slides into the pool hands kissing the water 5. i pick up your breath and remember me 6. your hands humming hurricanes of beauty.