▁On ▁P ushing "), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁poetry , ▁fine ▁arts , ▁and ▁literature ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁sh aped ▁and ▁reflected ▁the ▁growing ▁ra cial ▁and ▁political ▁conscious ness . ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁writers ▁of ▁the ▁African - American ▁Arts ▁Mov ement ▁were ▁poet ▁Nik ki ▁Giovanni ; ▁poet ▁and ▁publish er ▁Don ▁L . ▁Lee , ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁H aki ▁Mad h ub uti ; ▁poet ▁and ▁play w right ▁L ero i ▁Jones , ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁Am iri ▁Bar aka ; ▁and ▁Son ia ▁San chez . ▁Other ▁influ ential ▁writers ▁were ▁Ed ▁Bull ins , ▁D ud ley ▁Rand all , ▁Mari ▁Evans , ▁June ▁Jordan , ▁Larry ▁Ne al , ▁and ▁A hm os ▁Zu - B ol ton . ▁ ▁Another ▁major ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁African - American ▁Arts ▁Mov ement ▁was ▁the ▁inf usion ▁of ▁the ▁African ▁a est h etic , ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁a ▁collect ive ▁cultural ▁sens ibility ▁and ▁eth nic ▁pride ▁that ▁was ▁much ▁in ▁evidence ▁during ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁N égr itude ▁among ▁the ▁art istic ▁and ▁literary ▁circles ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁Car ib bean , ▁and ▁the ▁African ▁continent ▁nearly ▁four ▁dec ades ▁earlier : ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁" black ▁is ▁beautiful ". ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁res urg ence ▁of ▁interest ▁in , ▁and ▁an ▁em brace ▁of , ▁elements ▁of ▁African ▁culture ▁within ▁African - American ▁culture ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁suppress