Blog 3: Paper One
Progress/Baraka and Lorde
My first paper will focus on Amiri Baraka and Audre Lorde
and how they fit the mold of the Black Aesthetic. Both are activists, writers,
and poets. Their politics vary, but their impact on the Black Arts Movement is
legendary.
Baraka is also a professor, playwright, and publisher who
founded the Black Arts Movement, which was a platform for black writers to
express themselves.
Lorde was also a professor who authored a variety of works,
including the award-winning project, The
Cancer Journals, which explored the meaning of life and work while she
battled cancer.
My sources will include texts assigned in class including The Black Woman: An Anthology and the Anthology of Modern American Poetry.
