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Comprised of Color: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis Studying the Utilization of Art as a Means of Societal, Personal and Ideological Empowerment for Black Americans during the American Civil Rights Movement

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This creative project offers an in-depth interpersonal narrative within the creation and process of utilizing art as a form of political resistance. This project will be exploring how political resistance has been utilized within the African American community for the uses of self-preservation and protection. This project will first offer…

This creative project offers an in-depth interpersonal narrative within the creation and process of utilizing art as a form of political resistance. This project will be exploring how political resistance has been utilized within the African American community for the uses of self-preservation and protection. This project will first offer an in-depth analysis within Civil Rights Movements and the systematic context associated within, then will be utilizing personal poetry, narrative to offer a glimpse of prison life that the American public does not usually hear from the prisoners themselves.

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ContributorsSojourney, Alexander (Author) / Charron-Chenier, Raphael (Thesis director) / Broberg, Gregory (Committee member) / School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05