No one would deny the significance of the role that art plays in human life. It ranges from aesthetic pleasure to encourage people to act for the benefit of their nation. In the current paper, we will analyze the role of art as a call to action through the perspective of the two works: Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992 (1994) by Anna Deavere Smith and The Art of Protest (2005) by T.V. Reed. Our point is that these two works consider art as activism. Analyzing various social movements along with the role of art in them the authors encourage the readers not merely to understand the necessity of these or those changes in society but to act to approach the day of those changes. Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992 is Smith’s drama that deals with issues of racial prejudice and awareness. The springboard for writing the play was Smith’s “search for the character of Los Angeles in the wake of the initial Rodney King verdict ” ( Twilight XVII). The representatives of police who beat Rodney King were tried in Simi Valley. This place is important for understanding the essence of the problem as it is situated far from the social, economic, and racial problems that Los Angeles experienced at the time. What is more, the place was miles away from South-Central Los Angeles, the epicenter of the riots where the undeclared war between the residents and the police broke out. The title of the play comes after Twilight, an ex-gang member who expresses the necessity to “speak from another point of view, like speaking another language,” to break the bonds and restrictions of racial identity (Twilight xxv). Twilight’s idea is that one “cannot forever dwell in idea/ of identifying with those like me/ and understanding only me and mine ” ( Twilight XXVI). The play depicts a wide range of people: the African-American, Caucasian, and Korean-American communities affected during the disturbance are vividly described by the author. The description is presented in detail, individual eccentricities of speech and appearance are offered by Smith. In this or that way these aspects reveal the problem of race. Still, it would be a mistake to say that the play focuses only on the regions associated with the riots as Smith also considers the state of affairs in segments of Los Angeles communities that are not involved in riots. Though they are not directly affected by the violence they feel its consequences as well. The interviews that serve as a basis for the author’s investigation render the atmosphere of tension and fear that riots bring. We read about the fears and hopes of the Hollywood agent, one among those whose property was destroyed in the riots, feel the aspirations of the sheltered sorority girl and proud of the courage of the woman who saved a man’s life from an angry mob. Though the interviews present a wide range of human feelings and emotions, different views, and various speech patterns, what unites them is the natural human aspirations for peace, security, and fraternity. The value of the work under consideration is rooted in the author’s writing skills as she does not merely render the atmosphere of the time but creates both static and dynamic images of the human soul. The diversity of the author’s interviewees is important for getting the general picture of the riots. Korean grocers, street kids, the former Chief Police, Black intellectuals’ words, gestures, and facial expressions are studied by the author and help her transform from race to race, class to class, and gender to gender. Smith concludes that the