Question

I have to do a summary on Larry Neal's (Black art movement) and need help with a thesis statement

African American Literature

Answer 1

Larry Neal was a scholar of African-American theatre. He is known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement. He was a major influencer in pushing for black culture to focus less on integration with White culture, to that of celebrating their differences within an equally important and meaningful artistic and political field, hence he used to celebrate and follow Black Heritage. The Black Arts Movement was an African American-led art movement which created new cultural institutions and conveyed a message of black pride.  Black arts movement is also applied to some political ideas of art and literature.The movement resisted traditional Western influences and found new ways to present the black experience.

Thesis statement of African American Literature deals with the  domination by autobiographical spiritual narratives. African American literature tends to focus on themes of particular interest to Black people. It is generally focused on the role of African Americans within the larger American society and what it means to be an American