Black Arts movement

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Date	1960 - 1975

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Key People

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

American author

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

American writer

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange

American author

Alex Haley

Alex Haley

American author

Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed

American author

Angela Davis

Angela Davis

American activist

Sonia Sanchez

American poet, playwright, and educator

June Jordan.

June Jordan

American author

Haki R. Madhubuti

American author, publisher and educator

Carolyn M. Rodgers

American poet, teacher, critic, and publisher

Etheridge Knight

American poet