The New Black Aesthetic was a movement about helping to create a particular spirit for African Americans to explore themselves. The movement of Black nationalism was more for African Americans to set up and define their culture and experiences through them and not other external forces outside of their community. African American representing themselves through the New Black Aesthetic can be seen as the understanding of the concept “ethos.” The concept can be viewed in this case as African Americans …show more content…
The New Black Aesthetic movement was a time where African Americans were able to advocate in a different way than they had before. It was more about understanding themselves and who they were and creating an understanding of their culture. During this movement, if you were not socially awake poets were making individuals awake to the social changes that were happening. They were creating their lane to express and reintroduce themselves to society. Gwendolyn Brooks even illustrated how the movement was about African Americans coming together and embracing each other. Brookes wrote a poem on when the first black politician was elected. Poetry reflected how they were unity with the African American community whether it was social or political they stood by their people. It’s like through the form of literature they were trying to help build a black