Résumé : Contents : Introduction / Mark Godfrey and Zoé Whitley; Spiral to FESTAC / Mark Godfrey and Zoé Whitley with contributions by Susan E. Cahan : Spiral and the March on Washington ; Art and unrest in Los Angeles ; Amiri Baraka, Larry Neal and the Black Arts Movement ; Roy DeCarava and the Kamoinge Workshop ; The Wall of Respect and the mural movement ; Emory Douglas and the Black Panther Party newspaper ; Painting Black Power ; 'Black Art' debates in pamphlets and magazines ; The Studio Museum in Harlem ; The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition ; Abstraction shows ; AfriCOBRA ; Three graphic artists ; Contemporary Black artists in America ; Black women artists ; Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin ; Avant-garde filmmakers ; Rituals in Los Angeles ; Just above Midtown ; The Black Photographers Annual ; FESTAC '77; Essay : Notes on Black abstraction / Mark Godfrey ; American skin: artists on Black figuration; Recollections : Samella Lewis ; Edmund Barry Gaither ; David C. Driskell ; Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell ; Linda Goode Bryant. The show opens in 1963 at the height of the Civil Rights movement and its dreams of integration. In its wake emerged more militant calls for Black Power: a rallying cry for African American pride, autonomy and solidarity, drawing inspiration from newly independent African nations. Artists responded to these times by provoking, confronting, and confounding expectations. Their momentum makes for an electrifying visual journey. Vibrant paintings, powerful murals, collage, photography, revolutionary clothing designs and sculptures made with Black hair, melted records, and tights – the variety of artworks reflects the many viewpoints of artists and collectives at work during these explosive times. Some engage with legendary figures from the period, with paintings in homage to political leaders Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Angela Davis, musician John Coltrane and sporting hero Jack Johnson. Muhammad Ali appears in Andy Warhol’s famous painting.(Tate). Soul of a Nation surveys this crucial period in American art history, bringing to light previously neglected histories of 20th-century black artists, including Sam Gilliam, Melvin Edwards, Jack Whitten, William T. Williams, Howardina Pindell, Romare Bearden, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Senga Nengudi, Noah Purifoy, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, Charles White and Frank Bowling.