Black Arts Movement

Poet, activist Jayne Cortez succumbs in New York
Norman O. Richmond  |   OW Contributor
Feb 28 2013

Forced her way into history

Jayne Cortez, an unsung shero of the World African Liberation Movement, was a poet, performance artist and small press publisher. Her writings are part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement.

When most people think of the Black Arts Movement in Los Angeles, they usually speak of the Watts Prophets, Quincy Troupe, and Johnnie Scott. Cortez should also be part of that conversation. The poet died recently of heart failure. She was 77.

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Black love
Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Aug 2 2012

Couples negotiate perils of modern relationships at the Stella Adler Theatre

One of the more curious contradictions of Los Angeles is the comparative lack of viable theater options for Black audiences in this, the Mecca of film and television production.

The Black Arts Movement, a cultural offshoot of the Black Power Movement launched an uncharacteristically fertile period circa mid-20th century, but as the years passed many of the groups spawned during this period fell by the wayside.

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Amiri Baraka talks Black arts
OW Staff
Jun 21 2012

Founding father of Black Arts Movement headlines Leimert Park Village Book Fair

Often referred to as the “founding father of the Black Arts Movement,” Amiri Baraka is as committed now as ever to documenting the African American experience in the United States.

Baraka will be the featured artist during the sixth annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair, “Tribute to the Black Arts Movement,” beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 30, in the Vision Theatre parking lot at Degnan Boulevard and 43rd Street, in the heart of Leimert Park.

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Practical Politics
David L. Horne, Ph.D
Jun 11 2009

Where’s the expected hiatus in the anti-Black cultural war?

Usually, most of us visualize war as bombs, fire, massive armament, and many agonizing deaths. That’s not an inaccurate picture, whether the war is a unilateral invasion, as our involvement in Iraq is, or a provoked engagement as our Pearl Harbor-induced involvement in WW II was.

There are, however, other types of wars that do not fit that profile—wars of the psychological and insidious kind. These are the ones that take their toll over time. They effectively devastate an opponent’s will to do battle, and can crush one’s self esteem.

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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