The Flag is Bleeding

The Flag is Bleeding

by Faith Ringgold (1970)

Additional social and political expressions for the year 1967

Music to take you Back in Time

political event:

Black Power Conference in Newark, N.J. was one of three held to outline the emerging Black Power ideology.

social events:

Black Panther Party founded in Oakland, CA in 1966; expoused a separate all-black sovereign state in the Deep South.

drama:

"Happy Ending" by Douglas Turner Ward performed by the New Orleans-based group Free Southern Theatre.

sculpture:

"I Have Been to the Mountain" (1967) Richard Hunt

film:

The Incident (1967), starring Brock Peters and Ruby Dee, occupants of a late-night subway car seized by white thugs.

dance:

Alvin Ailey

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	Music to take you Back in Time
political event:	Black Power Conference in Newark, N.J. was one of three held to outline the emerging Black Power ideology.
social events:	Black Panther Party founded in Oakland, CA in 1966; expoused a separate all-black sovereign state in the Deep South.
drama:	"Happy Ending" by Douglas Turner Ward performed by the New Orleans-based group Free Southern Theatre.
sculpture:	"I Have Been to the Mountain" (1967) Richard Hunt
film:	The Incident (1967), starring Brock Peters and Ruby Dee, occupants of a late-night subway car seized by white thugs.
dance:	Alvin Ailey