During the nineteenth century, both periods of these mass protest movements struggled to get their civil rights. The motive of their protest was to be equal with the American society. Civil rights was the main concern at this time for African Americans. The main …show more content…
The harlem renaissance expressed their protest of equality is by artistic ways. The harlem renaissance made the black americans feel free about expressing their opinions on equality. The harlem renaissance made a thing called The New Negro that took away from Booker T. Washington’s violent resistance to oppression and conservative , anti-protest orientation. Washington is the one who first approach of the New Negro was to be direct to the states that did not want to stop segregation. The harlem renaissance wanted to demonstrate artistic ways of the brutally and injustice of america’s society. The harlem renaissance is different from the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s by showing the betrayal in art forms than in speaking out a loud. The harlem renaissance showed that they were going to express their heritage in the black culture. It tried to change the view of whites eyes to the blacks showing that they