Women During The Harlem Renaissance

Women are Powerful The Harlem Renaissance was a ground breaking time period full of artistic development in literature, fine arts, theatre, and music. The African Americans in the United States grew in popularity but still many civil rights problems were still occurring. Many great people from all around gathered and made a difference in the United States and fought for what they believed in. Times started to change and the African American population knew that they had to take a stand. They were able to do that in their poems, art, or songs that they created. Women and men fought for their rights no matter how hard it got and they were able to have a huge impact on all people around them. Although many powerful and influential male writers …show more content…
Some well known people are Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, and Wallace Thurman. These men were known for their amazing works of writings and poem. The Father of the Harlem Renaissance was Alain LeRoy Locke. Every time that name is written, the Father of the Harlem Renaissance comes right after. There is a Father of the Renaissance but where is the Mother of the Renaissance? Men did have a major impact on the civil rights movement through their works during the Harlem Renaissance but they were not fighting for as much or as hard as the women of that time were. Women not only had to fight for their rights against the white population they also had to fight for their rights against their own people. Strong African American woman had a big impact on the civil rights movement right alongside men. They were fighting not only for blacks but also for themselves (History.com …show more content…
She was able to give many opportunities and chances to African American artist similar to herself. She was born in 1892, in Green Cove Springs, Florida and was the daughter to an extremely strict pastor. She was very young when she found her interest in sculpting and she practiced very often to get better. She molded ducks and other animals in rich red clay. When her father found out about this hobby he destroyed her sculpture and whipped Savage. “Convinced that she was making graven images, her father beat her when he discovered her early attempts at sculpting. She later remembered the he ‘almost whipped all the art out of me’” (Kort, Carol). At a fair a bit later in life she met a man that told her to pursue her career as a sculptor in New York City. She got into Cooper Union and because she was so talented the school paid for all her living expenses. She was smart and talented and her art was appreciated while she was in school. (Kort,