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Kwame Brathwaite, black is beautiful, texts by Kwame Brathwaite, Tanisha C. Ford, and Deborah Willis

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Kwame Brathwaite, black is beautiful, texts by Kwame Brathwaite, Tanisha C. Ford, and Deborah Willis

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kwame Brathwaite

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catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

1050337685

Responsibility statement

texts by Kwame Brathwaite, Tanisha C. Ford, and Deborah Willis

Sub title

black is beautiful

Summary

In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the political slogan "Black Is Beautiful." This monograph--the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite's remarkable career--tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the writings of activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite, along with his older brother, Elombe Brath, founded the African Jazz Arts Society and Studios (AJASS) and the Grandassa Models (1962). AJASS was a collective of artists, playwrights, designers, and dancers; Grandassa Models was a modeling agency for black women, founded to challenge white beauty standards. From stunning studio portraits of the Grandassa Models to behind-the-scenes images of Harlem?s artistic community, including Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, and Miles Davis, this book offers a long-overdue exploration of Brathwaite's life and work

Table Of Contents

Preface / by Kwame Brathwaite -- Black is beautiful / by Tanisha C. Ford -- African Jazz-Art Society -- Think black, buy black -- The Grandassa models -- Black is beautiful, then and now / by Deborah Willis

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Black is beautiful

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