My name is Lasana Kazimbi. I'm an assistant professor of education and Africana Studies here at IUPUI. My research project is entitled Elevate Exploring Global Black arts movements. Elevate is a language arts pedagogy, a historical interrogation, and a curriculum intervention that examines the literature, the visual culture, the audio politics, the aesthetic foundations, and the political thrusts of six 20th century Global Black arts movements. As counter movements against imperialism, these global Black arts movements emerged and evolved as fugitive spaces for cultural autonomy, empowerment, remembering, and Pan African solidarity. As an African centric research paragon, Elevate situates Black art as art, ART, a revolutionary tool for radical social and cultural transformation, principle truth telling, edutainment, and human liberation. In addition, with its emphasis on the culturally affirming literature of 20th century global Black arts movements, the elevate program enables students to leverage the power of the arts and humanities to develop, fortify and expand their geo literacy competencies and their cultural knowledge. As a curriculum intervention, elevate situates global Black arts movements as a counter narrative to reclaim and teach a usable past and to develop cultural, aesthetic and critical media literacies. I.