The Harlem Renaissance: W.E.B Dubois After World War II African Americans were searching for vindication from whites. African Americans faced constant oppression, injustice, and segregation during the late and early nineteen hundreds. Racism ran rampant in the U.S. The external strife gave way to group expression and self-determination. This resulted in them finding refuge in the arts and literature. Another outcome was the creation of organizations for the advancement of African Americans. There was a constant focus on expression through the arts and literature. This focus led to the flourishment of African American culture. There was an influx of intellectual stimulation, reading, and writing. While the Harlem Renaissance had many contributors,
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He was a sociologist who consistently advocated for the study of Black history and culture. He created sixteen research monographs that focused on the analysis of black culture. These works include the Philadelphia Negro, The Talented Tenth, the Souls of Black Folk, and the Negro in the South. His drive aided with his influence on the Black Community. He was one of the founders of the NAACP along with Ida B. Wells and Dr. Henry Moskowitz. With this platform Dubois constantly advocated for union of the black artists, scholars and black people in general. Dubois was the founder of the modern Pan-Africanism Association. This association regurgitated Dubois’ focus on Black and African people. In America, Blacks were facing constant discrimination and vile behavior from whites. They were fed up with the constant injustice. Dubois solution was to go back to African Americans original country, Africa and establish social and political order. The over-arching theme was to be separate but equal. Blacks would still engage and communicate with whites but their societies wouldn’t be …show more content…
In his book the Souls of Black Folks, Dubois spoke on the many concepts he had invented that have since defined race politics in America. This applies especially for black people in America. The "color-line," "double-consciousness," the "talented tenth": these expressions and concepts all originated from Du Bois. In his book, Black Reconstruction a seven-hundred and ninety-seven page monograph, Dubois gave an economic reason as to why reconstruction failed and how Jim Crow laws came into existence. Dubois was and still is the pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance. His influence was so great that Langston Hughes dedicated a poem to Dubois. It was titled, “The Negro Speak of Rivers”. In Hughes poem it celebrated “the voice and soul of the black community in a time of great racial, intolerance, injustice and inequality.’’ (Shmoop Editorial Team) Both Hughes and Dubois shared similar views. These similarities can be seen in their works and
He was a sociologist who consistently advocated for the study of Black history and culture. He created sixteen research monographs that focused on the analysis of black culture. These works include the Philadelphia Negro, The Talented Tenth, the Souls of Black Folk, and the Negro in the South. His drive aided with his influence on the Black Community. He was one of the founders of the NAACP along with Ida B. Wells and Dr. Henry Moskowitz. With this platform Dubois constantly advocated for union of the black artists, scholars and black people in general. Dubois was the founder of the modern Pan-Africanism Association. This association regurgitated Dubois’ focus on Black and African people. In America, Blacks were facing constant discrimination and vile behavior from whites. They were fed up with the constant injustice. Dubois solution was to go back to African Americans original country, Africa and establish social and political order. The over-arching theme was to be separate but equal. Blacks would still engage and communicate with whites but their societies wouldn’t be …show more content…
In his book the Souls of Black Folks, Dubois spoke on the many concepts he had invented that have since defined race politics in America. This applies especially for black people in America. The "color-line," "double-consciousness," the "talented tenth": these expressions and concepts all originated from Du Bois. In his book, Black Reconstruction a seven-hundred and ninety-seven page monograph, Dubois gave an economic reason as to why reconstruction failed and how Jim Crow laws came into existence. Dubois was and still is the pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance. His influence was so great that Langston Hughes dedicated a poem to Dubois. It was titled, “The Negro Speak of Rivers”. In Hughes poem it celebrated “the voice and soul of the black community in a time of great racial, intolerance, injustice and inequality.’’ (Shmoop Editorial Team) Both Hughes and Dubois shared similar views. These similarities can be seen in their works and