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Soul of the Butterfly<\/em> considers the relationship between Chicory <\/em>magazine (1966-1983) and Black Arts Activism in the city of Baltimore. Amiri Baraka\u2019s founding of the Black Arts Repertory Theatre in Harlem following the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 is often referred to as the beginning of the Black Arts Movement. As Baraka reflected in 1985, this was a \u201cmovement by young, [B]lack artists in the 60s to create an art, a literature, that would fight for [B]lack people\u2019s liberation with as much intensity as Malcolm X our \u2018Fire Prophet\u2019 and the rest of the enraged masses who took to the streets\u201d (\u201cThe Wailer<\/a>\u201d). Chicory<\/em> is an example of that fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amiri Baraka, Malcolm X as Ideology. <\/em>Innerer Klang Press, 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Malcolm X remained a key inspiration for Baraka, as demonstrated by his publication, Malcolm X as Ideology.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theodore Harris, \u201cMalcolm X as Ideology\u201d cover art draft circa 1992. MSS 0699 Amiri Baraka Papers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Theodore Harris\u2019s draft cover art showcases various political concerns of the Black Arts Movement, specifically Black liberation and uprisings protesting the murder of Black people by law enforcement officers and terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonia Sanchez, Liberation Poem. <\/em>Broadside Press,1970.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonia Sanchez\u2019s Liberation Poem, <\/em>published by Broadside Press, offers the perspective of a Black woman involved in the Black Arts Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tia Blassingame, \u201cYuvette\u2019s Purse,\u201d O.P. Box Set #2<\/em>. Primrose Press, 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The contemporary Black Lives Matter movement continues to protest the murder of Black people by police, evidenced by Tia Blassingame\u2019s \u201cYuvette\u2019s Purse\u201d poem and print. Blassingame is both a poet and a printer, and her works often explore the relationship between message and medium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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