Leon Forrest, the AACM and The Legacy of the Chicago Renaissance.

BLACK artists; RENAISSANCE; HISTORY of Chicago (Ill.); ASSOCIATION for the Advancement of Creative Musicians; FORREST, Leon, 1937-1997; NOVELISTS; TWENTIETH century

The article discusses the nurturing of multicultural black artists in Chicago, Illinois in the twentieth century, influenced by interracial political and cultural exchanges, calling the period between 1935-1950 as Chicago Renaissance. It discusses musicians affiliated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) employing European modernist approaches along with African American musical heritage to create music. It discusses the period's impact on novelist Leon Forrest.