Middle and High School People’s History Working Group Meeting

April 9, 2022

On Saturday, April 9th, the working group focused on the BLM at School Year of Purpose theme: Revolutionary Black Arts. In response to the question, "Who is a favorite revolutionary Black artist and/or a revolutionary piece of a Black artist's work?," participants highlighted various artworks and artists, all listed in this document for your review! Here is the slideshow used for trivia, as well as the answers to the trivia on Revolutionary Black Arts.

From there, the group discussed the topic, guided by the questions:

• How are the themes and radical vision that they brought to their art reflected in your classroom and communities?

• How can young people extend on these legacies?

Resources about Zora Neale Hurston, Alma Thomas, Augusta Savage, Jasmine Mans, and bell hooks, as well as a collection of classroom resources from the National Portrait Gallery, were shared.

Working group members shared:

This was a great session! So grateful I could join this session.

I really enjoyed having the focus of the meeting directly connected to one of the BLM Week of Action in Schools principles.