"A main tenet of Black Power is the necessity for Black people to define the world in their own terms" (Neal, Larry p.446).
Larry Neal's manifesto calls for all artists, writers, poets, and the like, to produce pieces that highlight an African culture. He refers to all African Americans as a 'community' and calls for everyone in that 'community' to stick together and inspire each other rather than appeal to a white audience. He viewed Western culture as being a primarily white culture with white role models at the forefront of the American community. Neal wants this to change.