African-American music

college lifestyle are presented. Malik is an African American male, track athlete trying…

An inspiring and motivating piece is the first thing I thought when reading Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Negro Mother.” Langston Hughes wrote this poem to remind the African American people of the struggle and abuse that their ancestors had to go through in order to pave the way for their freedom today. The powerful tone that is used in this poem is the voice of the Negro Mother as she encourages her children. Her voice captivates the reader and draws them in, to actually listen and heed her…

he Harlem renaissance was a conglomeration of the best and brightest, poets, singers, artist, philosophers and all around thinkers of the African American community. They were escaping the oppression of the American South for a place where they could gather and let their creativity free. Some of the major names that were a part of the Renaissance included Langston Hughes (poet), Claude McKay (writer/poet), Zora Neale Hurston (novelist) and many more. The Harlem Renaissance wasn't just a…

woman who moved mountains to make his name a holiday and build a center in his name, Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. Born in Marion, Alabama, she graduated in 1945 and received a scholarship to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio where she gets a B.A. Then she goes to Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, where she studies performing music. As an undergraduate she took an active interest in the nascent Civil Rights Movement, joined the…

portray a character more accurately. However, this is hard for me because I 'm yet to come to terms fully understand who I am as a person. That being said, “Black love” to me is a constant evolving term that is hard to find in forms of literature, music, and popular films. I 'm constantly challenging the normative constructions of society and have chosen to define black Love in my own way. There cannot be an objective definition of black love because there is no objective definition of being…

range of viewers. He wanted to “express contemporary Harlem by borrowing from the ‘current of Afro-American popular music . . . jazz, ragtime, swing, blues, boogie-woogie, and be-bop.’ (Kelly 170)” In poems such as – Bad Luck Card, Could Be, Down and Out, Late Last Night, Morning After, Sylvester’s Dying Bed, and Reverie or the Harlem River – he expresses just that. Naming blues as one of the genres of music that influenced his writing…

not attend school. Brooks was born before the Harlem Renaissance, which gives the poem its setting. The Harlem Renaissance was the rebirth of African American Arts (History). We Real Cool is a ballad. A ballad is a poem telling a short story based on a theme or narrative (Strand and Boland 73). We Real Cool shows what is was like living as an African American young man during this time. The poem opens with a group of seven friends at a pool hall, the Golden Shovel. Golden Shovel could mean a…

World War II impacted the American film industry through the influences of the war effort. Films that were made during this time often worked in line with this effort by projecting messages of unity, where racial and class differences amongst Americans were put on the backburner in order to fight one common and external enemy. Scholar Anna Everett asserts that during the war the film industry temporarily suspended its usual racist and stereotypical depictions of Black Americans for the war…

complexity behind the word? In today 's world the N word has become very popular but it is not acceptable to use because of the dark history behind it which it is an offensive term for many individuals. The word is used in almost everything including music such as rap, the word is seen as nothing but it is linked to brutality and suffering. Even though people have tried to forget the actual meaning of the word, it is difficult. People may say that the word is just that a word and that everyone…

understand how a 12-year-old boys gets shot because he had a “gun” which by the way was toy. Last time I checked kids loved playing with toy guns. While a little boy gets shoot in the park because he was a “treat” a white man murder of nine African Americans and many injured gets arrested in a peacefully manner. Was it the color of his skin? The United States haves a history of racism and sadly still exists today. Somehow people don’t care and they decide to ignore the problem of racial…