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Warriors

Warriors
WARRIORS The Black Arts Movement swept through the 1960's as the literary arm of the Black liberation movements of those years. It defined a strong Black cultural identity and waged a war for literary self-determination. In this video volume these veterans read from work which stirred a generation and discuss the achievements and unfulfilled hopes of their movement.

Amiri Baraka with Askia M. Touré
Haki R. Madhubuti with Sonia Sanchez
Kalamu ya Salaam with Everett Hoagland
Sonia Sanchez with Lorenzo Thomas
Eugene Redmond with Jabari Asim
Nikki Giovanni with Virginia Fowler