04656oam 22007454a 450 991081679400332120210108072355.00-8131-4547-30-8131-4518-X(CKB)2550000001297167(EBL)1687242(SSID)ssj0001193632(PQKBManifestationID)11790946(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193632(PQKBWorkID)11146869(PQKB)10271677(StDuBDS)EDZ0000862412(OCoLC)879606749(MdBmJHUP)muse32411(MiAaPQ)EBC1687242(MiAaPQ)EBC30384872(Au-PeEL)EBL30384872(EXLCZ)99255000000129716720140328d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArt for Equality The NAACP's Cultural Campaign for Civil Rights /Jenny Woodley1st ed.Lexington, Kentucky University Press of Kentucky20141 online resource (271 p.)Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth centuryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-4516-3 1-306-77046-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: "The national mental attitude" -- The birth of a cultural strategy -- Representing the new Negro -- Du Bois's crisis and the Black image on the page -- "A union of art and propaganda" -- White in Hollywood -- Blacks, Reds, white -- Conclusion: "The true picture of America"."The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the group helped achieve substantial victories in the courtroom, the struggle for civil rights extended beyond gaining political support. It also required changing social attitudes. The NAACP thus worked to alter existing prejudices through the production of art that countered racist depictions of African Americans, focusing its efforts not only on changing the attitudes of the white middle class but also on encouraging racial pride and a sense of identity in the Black community. Art for Equality explores an important and little-studied side of the NAACP's activism in the cultural realm. In openly supporting African American artists, writers, and musicians in their creative endeavors, the organization aimed to change the way the public viewed the Black community. By overcoming stereotypes and the belief of the majority that African Americans were physically, intellectually, and morally inferior to whites, the NAACP believed it could begin to defeat racism. Illuminating important protests, from the fight against the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation to the production of anti-lynching art during the Harlem Renaissance, this insightful volume examines the successes and failures of the NAACP's cultural campaign from 1910 to the 1960s. Exploring the roles of gender and class in shaping the association's patronage of the arts, Art for Equality offers an in-depth analysis of the social and cultural climate during a time of radical change in America"--Provided by publisher.Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth CenturyAfrican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican Americans in artHistory20th centuryAfrican American artistsHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAnti-racismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArtsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in artHistoryAfrican American artistsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAnti-racismHistoryArtsPolitical aspectsHistory323.1196/073Woodley Jenny1980-1710028MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910816794003321Art for Equality4100294UNINA