The Truth Leads to Beauty

In W.E.B Du bois’ “Criteria of Negro Art”, Truth is a term that is repeated by Du bois to emphasize how it is an important aspect of Beauty that Black artists need to demonstrate in their works. Dubois sates that for a Black artist to demonstrate beauty, there must be Truth, and, “… not for…

The Beauty of Truth and Right: Du Bois on Black Art and Justice

In “Criteria of Negro Art”, W. E. B. Du Bois acclaims the development of black art alongside the continuing fight for racial equality in the United States, condemning both those who cannot understand its development, considering their understanding that a people cannot at the same time be fighting and creating art, and those who are…