black was modern too.

the black arts movement was a cutural moment that was a synonym to modernism. both inherently and overtly political in content, the Black Arts movement was the only American literary movement to advance "social engagement" as a sine qua non of its aesthetic. The movement broke from the immediate past of protest and petition (civil rights) literature and dashed forward toward an alternative that initially seemed unthinkable and unobtainable: Black Power.

Although the movement was a cry for blacks to move ahead in American society , it also allowed a gateway for writers of color to become nationally recongized for their works and as well gave them a forum to the world to understand the struggles of the 1960s from before. 

The movement spawned writers like Gwendolyn Brooks, LeRoi Jones,Nikki Giovanni,etc. the culture itself was a birthchild of the modernist genre and how vivid,boldly,and captivating the authors and poets wrote and how they felt.

Modernism was exactly that, it is a movement of free-thinking,new ideas,and freshly written theories.

The Black Arts movement was exactly that ,

here are a few excerpts to understand only a glimpse of what it was all about.

We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

"We real cool. We

Left School. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon."

Knoxville Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni

"I always like summer
Best
you can eat fresh corn
From daddy's garden
And okra
And greens
And cabbage
And lots of
Barbeque
And buttermilk
And homemade ice-cream
At the church picnic
And listen to
Gospel music
Outside
At the church
Homecoming
And go to the mountains with
Your grandmother
And go barefooted
And be warm
All the time
Not only when you go to bed
And sleep"

and if you want to look at more about black arts heres a link for you to enjoy.

click here.

-the MS team.