Describe how Sargent Johnson’s Forever Free represents the concerns of the African-American Modernist movement.

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In Forever Free, Sargent Johnson expresses his perception of the modern black identity by carving a motherly woman who shelter two smaller figures, all of whom have African characteristics.
2.The title of the work comes from the Emancipation proclamation of 1863, which ended slavery in the Confederate States.