While I have been writing about my favorite topics from this semester, I thought it would still be beneficial to write about my final reflections since the semester is now over. Before taking this class, I thought I was pretty educated on the Black Power Movement and the Black Arts Movement. I had learned about … Continue reading Final Reflections
Sonia Sanchez’s “The Bronx is Next”
Throughout this semester many of the pieces of literature we read were plays, one of which being "The Bronx is Next" by Sonia Sanchez. Before getting into that play, I wanted to kind of think out loud about the reasons in which plays were heavily used throughout the BPM. I feel like there are benefits … Continue reading Sonia Sanchez’s “The Bronx is Next”
The Theme is Blackness
For the remainder of blog posts that I have left to write, I wanted to touch on various topics that I found interesting throughout the semester. One of my favorite pieces of literature that we read was "The Theme is Blackness" by Ed Bullins. This was a one-act play that was supposed to be performed … Continue reading The Theme is Blackness
The Third World Women’s Alliance
Hello readers, I know it is the end of the semester and most of you are finished with blog posts, so I do not expect many of you to read this. However, I have some catching up to do so I will be spending the next few posts discussing some things from my project and … Continue reading The Third World Women’s Alliance
Soul Food: Edna Lewis
This past week one of the things that we learned about was the variations of "soul style", one of them being "soul food". Soul food was a particular form of African American folk expression. The chefs were known for using their attitude and mood at the time to define the way in which they would … Continue reading Soul Food: Edna Lewis
Cite Black Women- Kathleen Cleaver
Hello readers, for this blog post I am going to delve into the Cite Black Women project and its relation to Kathleen Cleaver. The Cite Black Women campaign began in 2017 as a movement to push people to engage in a "radical praxis of citation that acknowledges and honors black women's transnational intellectual production" (1). … Continue reading Cite Black Women- Kathleen Cleaver
Afrofuturism in Music
While I know I am a little late in the game on this topic, I thought it was still important to touch on the subject of Afrofuturism and its relevance in music from the past and from today. When researching, the simplest definition of Afrofuturism that I could find was, "a movement that re-envisions black … Continue reading Afrofuturism in Music
Capstone Project: Women in the Black Arts Movement
For this week's blog post, I decided to share with you guys what I was hoping to do for my capstone project. No matter what, I knew that I wanted to focus on some form of feminism in regard to the Black Power Movement but I also really wanted to do something that had to … Continue reading Capstone Project: Women in the Black Arts Movement
Blog Post 2: The Black/White Binary
Hello readers, so for some reason my blog post that I had written for week two did not post, so I am sorry that this topic is a little bit old in the grand scheme of the class, but please enjoy! For this week's blog post I wanted to focus on the idea of the … Continue reading Blog Post 2: The Black/White Binary
The Black Panther’s and the Vietnam War
Hello readers, today I am going to delve into the history of The Black Panther's and their view and even role in the Vietnam War. In class last week we touched on their view of the war, however; I had never really learned about it prior to our class and so I thought this blog … Continue reading The Black Panther’s and the Vietnam War
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