Sentences with phrase «century black experience»

Twentieth century black experience, and some of its most important figurative representations, are central to the show.

Not exact matches

While coal experiences more ups and downs than other commodities — the weather can have an effect on prices — the black rock has been in use for centuries.

My personal experiences are part of a larger tapestry of other stories of black life in the United States that dates back centuries.

The sharp, black - and - white divisions between church and government which some of the sixteenth - century Anabaptists experienced is going to be different from the experience of most North American Christians in the twentieth century.

After a decade of intense research, Gifford presents the first full biography of Robert «Iceberg Slim» Beck (1918 — 92), diligently chronicling his brutal and redemptive experiences at the epicenter of twentieth - century urban black America and zealously establishing Beck's standing as an influential antiestablishment writer, who inspired gangsta rap, hip - hop, and street lit.

Back on the streets of L.A. in the mid-fifties, talking about that chapter of American history that rarely gets mention in twentieth century literature; the lives and experiences of black men and women struggling to make it out from under the weight of history.

Charlie Smith's novel Ginny Gall is a coming - of - age story set in the early 20th century, revolving around the experiences of a black «everyman» named Delvin Walker.

Experience the sunset beyond the black lava towers of the sacred 16th century temple.

ARTNOIR will be presenting a series of events investigating the theme, Universal Blackness: The Black Diaspora Experience in the 21st century.

The selected portraits include cultural and political figures admired by Neel, among them playwright, actor, and author Alice Childress; the sociologist Horace R. Cayton, Jr., whose 1945 Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City is among the key academic studies of the African American urban experience in the early twentieth century; the community activist and cultural advocate Mercedes Arroyo; and the academic Harold Cruse, known for known for his widely - published academic book The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967) and for teaching at LeRoi Jones's Black Arts Repertory Theatre / School in Harlem.

A half century later, as new generations gather with elders at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Spiral's tenure — its purpose, actions and discussions — offers insight about the experiences of 20th century artists that inform and provide context for the opportunities and challenges of black contemporary artists today.