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Describe in war changes of the dominant Harlem Renaissance culture.
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The war changes of the dominant Harlem Renaissance culture included the Victorian Value System. The war in the trenches included the soldier's vision of "The Splendid Little War," the daily life in the trenches, going over the top, soldiers had machine gun, has gas, and there were many casualties. The casualties in Verdun 1916 of Germany KIA was 142,000 and 424,000 were wounded. In Somme, on the first day the British KIA was 20,000.
John Dos Pasos of 1919 was the unknown soldier. John Carter painted in 1920's "Youth Culture." During the Lost Generation, it was between Victorians and the Youth culture. Fitzgerald studied the irrational in order to control the culture of the Lost Generation. In "Freud the Acrobat" it was embraced to be irrational. Other info. significant to the Lost Generation included another painting titled "The Entire Man," new conflicts, and the "Echoes of the the Jazz Age." |
Afr-Am political activism
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Describe the Afr-Am wartime experience during WWI over there and over here.
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During WWI over there, the Afr-Am had hopes. There were Afr-Am in France and German propaganda in Europe. There was also the 369th "Harlem Hell Fighters." The French Honors were known as Croix de Guere. The place over there was home to Harlem and there were large crowds. However, WWI over here in the U.S. was where the Harlem Renaissance origninated. Other significance about WWI over here included Ridgely Torrence in where James Weldon Johnson resided, the Silent Protest on March 7, 17, and 28th which was lead by John Carter, the "New Spirit," W.E.B. Dubois and "The Crisis."
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WWI overseas vs. here in U.S.
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Who was W.E.B. Dubois and what did he do?
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W.E.B. Dubois was an Am. activist, public intellectual, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95. He wrote "Talented Tenth" & "New Negro." He had labels and was part of the elite controversy. He also appealed the Postwar Climate Limits.
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turbulent careers
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Who was Marcus Garvey and what did he do?
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Marcus Garvey was a National Hero of Jamaica, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black nationalist, orator, and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) in 1914. He was involved in the Black Star Line, but in 1927, he was deported.
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helped Afr-Am communities
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Who was Langston Hughes and what did he do so that the Afr-Am culture would popularize?
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Langston Hughes was an Am. poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He is known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote "Spirit of the Negro Renaissance" and "The Negro speaks of Rivers." He also created "Nation" on July of 1926, which included the Euphrates, Congo, the Nile, and Mississippi rivers.
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sounds light a great playwright/writer
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What kinds of music were involve in the uniquely Am. Jazz music?
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There was the Afr. Musical tradition which was of oral tradition and improvisational, which included music, text, and a call/response. The second type was the Evolutionary Roots of Jazz, which in this type of revolutionary music, it included Charles Ives who wrote "Memories," March-Sousa who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever," and the famous "Maple Leaf Rag" written by Scott Joplin. The final category was the Blues such as Mississippi John Hurt, "Frankie" and Bessie Smith's "Black Water Blues."
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transformation of Afr-Am Jazz music
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Who were the exploiters?
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There were four exploiters, one of them was Carl Van Vechten who created "The Nigger Heaven," 1926, which popularized the Afr-Am culture and criticized the Lost Generation theme. Another exploiter was Earnest Hogan (1909), who created "All Coons Look Alike to Me" and labeled the first song "Rag." Paul Robeson was yet another exploiter. He created "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Finally, the NY "Herald Tribune" (1925) was the group of exploiters that change the history of the Harlem Renaissance and popularized the Afr-Am culture.
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NY newspaper/newsmagazine company
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