gathered in New York with hopes of finding power and faith within themselves. This was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After the Civil Rights Movement, it was hard for African Americans to adapt to their new lifestyle. The Harlem Renaissance was the time where they found their way to becoming the citizens they are and live the life they deserved. The black culture became prosperous during the Harlem Renaissance through their music, art, and poetry and with this it caused for the black community to be highly respected. Along with this, many components played a role in the blossoming time of the Harlem Renaissance and the benefits it came with. During the Civil Rights Movement African Americans faced many struggles and lived very tough lives
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This was an area with high demand of employees, which gave them a good chance for employment. They were never given the opportunity to work and receive what whites received from a job. Due to this economic equality, African American brought their creativity and culture to Harlem helping start the Harlem Renaissance. To introduce the Harlem Renaissance, an article was written by Alain Locke called, The New Negro. It was an article that commended those who brought individuality to the Renaissance and helped the black community discover themselves in the United States. This helped boost the confidence of African Americans and provided encouragement to them to be civil with the white community. White Americans were in awe at the talents and creativity that came from the black community and accepted the Harlem Renaissance. As mentioned in his book, DuBois talks about the possibilities and creativity black people could bring to the table with their freedom saying, “The history of the American Negro history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood to merge his double self into a better and truer self” (DuBois Souls of Black Folk, 3). The African Americans developed into new people in this time bringing new things to our world and being the powerful people they could be, not looking at themselves as inferior to whites and living with their
This was an area with high demand of employees, which gave them a good chance for employment. They were never given the opportunity to work and receive what whites received from a job. Due to this economic equality, African American brought their creativity and culture to Harlem helping start the Harlem Renaissance. To introduce the Harlem Renaissance, an article was written by Alain Locke called, The New Negro. It was an article that commended those who brought individuality to the Renaissance and helped the black community discover themselves in the United States. This helped boost the confidence of African Americans and provided encouragement to them to be civil with the white community. White Americans were in awe at the talents and creativity that came from the black community and accepted the Harlem Renaissance. As mentioned in his book, DuBois talks about the possibilities and creativity black people could bring to the table with their freedom saying, “The history of the American Negro history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood to merge his double self into a better and truer self” (DuBois Souls of Black Folk, 3). The African Americans developed into new people in this time bringing new things to our world and being the powerful people they could be, not looking at themselves as inferior to whites and living with their