Did you know that the Black is Beautiful movement of the 60s was inspired by the revolutionary aesthetic of a man -- two brothers to be specific? This week's throwback thought aims to unpack the history of how the Black is Beautiful movement got started and will discuss some of the impacts of its legacy today.
This week's throwback thought explores the legacy of the 1991 film Jungle Fever as it coincides with how Black women relate to the term, and discusses the impact of the increasing amount of interracial relationships starring Black women happening in contemporary television and film.
In this Throwback Thought, Madame Noire explores an excerpt from a conversation between Nikki Giovanni (poet, activist, teacher) and James Baldwin (novelist, essayist, and cultural critic) from 1971, where the two prolific writers mention in passing a phenomenon we now refer to as "copaganda."
Madame Noire explores a past interview of Maya Angelou from the book Black Women Writers at Work about how she felt protest was "inherently" linked to the things she produced. As it relates, we also discuss how Black women, such as Stacey Abrams, exemplify that ethos through their own groundbreaking work and successes.