Sentences with phrase «southern black experience»

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a product of the southern black experience: son of a Baptist preacher, graduate of Morehouse College, holder of a Ph.D. degree in systematic theology, black preacher, prophet in word and deed — Martin Luther King, Jr., came on too strong for a nation that had from its very inception used so much of its energy in declaring black people invisible, irrelevant, null and void.

Not exact matches

Hurston and Walker reclaim two often territories: the language of black folk culture and the experience of uneducated rural southern women.

Against the Tide: While the crowd was stunned by the number of black players from Southern California, Alabama's John Hannah admits he was «scared to death» of the more experienced USC team.

Washington — While the overall level of integration experienced by black students in public schools has remained relatively stable for several years, there are signs that resegregation has been occurring in some Southern states, a new report concludes.

She says the «scope of her experiences involving race» is rooted in her Southern upbringing, attending private schools with only a few other black students.

Depending on when one visits Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark, the current exhibition by the visual artist Gary Simmons at Southern Exposure, one will experience two very different, equally worthwhile shows.

Without formal training (in Lockett's case, deliberately so) and working largely with found materials, Lockett, Dial, Holley and peers like Joe Minter took their visual language from traditional black Southern vernacular art forms like the scrap quilt and the yard show but adapted it to speak of personal philosophies, social issues and the African - American experience.

The writings by Biggers consist of notes and typescript corrections of two of Biggers» books, Ananse: The Web of Life in Africa (1979) and Black Art in Houston: The Texas Southern University Experience (1978).

While Linzy draws on the experiences of poor southern blacks and the vernacular of working - class serial television in his videos, Hennessy Youngman (Jayson Musson) plays directly to the art world.

While it is obviously true that every visible minority community experiences the indignities and wounds of systemic discrimination throughout Southern Ontario, it is the Black community which is the focus.