Art for people's sake : artists and community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975 / Rebecca Zorach.

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Chicago witnessed a remarkable flourishing of visual arts associated with the Black Arts Movement. From the painting of murals as a way to reclaim public space and the establishment of independent community art centers to the work of the AFRICOBRA collective and Black f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zorach, Rebecca, 1969- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
AFRICOBRA (Group of artists) > History.
Organization of Black American Culture > History.
AFRICOBRA (Group of artists)
Organization of Black American Culture.
Black Arts movement > Illinois > Chicago.
African American arts > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
City planning > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Artists and community > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
African American arts.
Artists and community.
Black Arts movement.
City planning > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Illinois > Chicago.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xx, 395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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