1965-1975
A Black Nationalist African American arts movement that served as the cultural wing of the Black Power Movement. The BAM focused primarily on music, literature, visual arts and drama. Participants held a variety of political beliefs from Marxism to ideological traditions of pre-colonial Africa. Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones was instrumental in the BAM founding when he, and several other artists, formed the Black Arts Repertory Theater/School.