Activists Who Yearn for Art That Transforms: Parallels in the Black Arts and Feminist Art Movements in the United States.

The article discusses the Black Arts and Feminist Art Movements in the United States under various dimensions. The supporters of these black power and the Feminist Movements in the 1960s and the 1970s tried to create a world where they would be safe and influential. However, these participants tried various ways to pursue their goals. The activists of both these movements considered that their goal was to defeat their opponents such as the Black power activists tried to overpower the "White supremacy," and the feminist activists aimed to overthrow the "Male supremacy." These two movements shared some similarities during their struggle including their traits, strategies and goals. According to activist and writer Audre Lorde, there is a pretense to homogeneity of experience covered by the word sisterhood, which in fact does not exist.