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    of Negro Writers in America,’ and the ‘Negro Poet Laureate,’" as well as “’the Poet Laureate’ of Black America’” (Scott 1; Waldron 140). He was a pivotal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and, in fact, defined the movement from a literary point of view. He also contributed an unsurpassed personal account of the movement in his autobiography The Big Sea (Gates and McKay 1251). Hughes was a prolific writer and produced plays, novels, autobiographies, newspaper columns, African American histories…

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    ability through his race color. He uses this poem to share the peaceful American soul with all audiences. At that time, racial discrimination was a major social issue that frequently disturb the mainstreams. As an African-American poet, Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance and made a great contribution during that time. Indeed, “Theme for English B” is a shinning star in the literature that point out the important racial…

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    lose, again. During the WWII era, 1939-1945, many minorities received few positive changes. The specified negative changes socially for African Americans, Politically for German-Americans and Japanese -Americans, and economy for Japanese America’s caused by the war. African Americans, WWII, don’t sound connected although WWII definitely affected the African Americans socially, but not positively. In 1943, a little more than halfway through the part of the war America was involved in, the US…

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    movements within American poetry, the conversation would be incomplete without mentioning the Harlem Renaissance. Through its lyrical influence of blues and jazz, many writers at this time inspired African Americans to stand up for equal rights within society. The Harlem Renaissance, which was based in Harlem, New York, was an outburst of African American artistic creativity during the 1920s. The movement took place during the time of the Great Migration, in which African Americans moved from…

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    Introduction Black girls have always rocked! The Negro Women’s Club movement was one of the most important movements in African-American history. It started around the 1890s, with some of the strongest and amazing women in the country. They went through many terrifying and overwhelming obstacles. They were threatened by whites to be lynched, which is completely terrible. Different clubs that protect Negro women joined forces. These women who participated were the most ambitious and toughest…

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    site. The article in which the speech is presented is credited to a writer called “Howard Koplowitz”. Upon researching him it was clear…

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    Lorraine Hansberry, African American playwright and writer, was the first African American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry completed her first play in 1957, which opened in March of 1959, taking her title from Langston Hughes ' poem, "Harlem” and that play was A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry was a great playwright that lived a short life. Hansberry died at the age of 34 but her work lived on. A Raisin in the Sun put Hansberry in the ranks of being a great…

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    by someone on the outside looking in, but this is someone on the inside looking out, who sees the same issues that I see and fears the same terror that I fear. The greatest joy of a writer who is writing and being empathetic in whatever they are writing about is, the audience can not only relate alto more with the writer but there is always a deeper sense of connection that causes you to want to read whatever the author is saying more. Giorgis sets the tone in this article and makes it a very…

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    Alan Lomax's Blues Music

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    Blues has always been a state of being as well as a way of singing”. (Lomax IX) Blues music started in the African American community as a way of expressing the weights upon their hearts.These songs were their interpretation of their protest against discrimination. Blues is a genre of music that began around the nineteen hundreds, which have impact our world by giving a voice to the Afro Americans. The blues was a key factor in the intergration of whites and blacks in 20th Century America. The…

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    Langston Hughes poem Harlem. “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” The play “A Raisin in the Sun”, was also based on Hansberry own experience as a young African-American woman living in a white neighborhood. The play tells the story of a lower-class African-American family that struggles to gain middle-class recognition. In the beginning of the play, the Youngers are waiting for an insurance check of $10,00 from a life insurance policy of the deceased…

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