Black Artists Are Reclaiming ‘Country’

<p>Born into a then-illegal biracial marriage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet&rsquo;s childhood, and now her poetry, recalls the country outskirts of Gulfport, Mississippi, where Blacks and whites lived tenuously together, making a way out of no way.</p> <p>Trethewey is part of a growing cohort of modern authors, musicians and visual artists whose works intentionally center Black rural culture while also heralding and celebrating the modern growth and economics of the culture. Their efforts are reviving the histories, memories and modern-day trials of the Black towns, the Black farmers, the Black cowboys, and the Black artists who are part and parcel of rural culture and therefore should be considered part of the Americana narrative.</p> <p><a href="https://adrienne.medium.com/black-artists-are-reclaiming-country-7195d9ea83fa"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>