American artists

” At the start of this book, Rivera-Rideau focuses on Puerto Rico’s underground music scene as a culmination of the African Diaspora and a political statement of the racial conditions Puerto Rico faced at the time. During a time when some Latin Americans viewed Spain as the “mother land,” Puerto Rico’s underground music…

Striving Toward Dreams In the short story, “One Friday Morning” by Langston Hughes, African-American Nancy Lee is held back from striving toward her dreams due to a social barrier. Nancy Lee, an African-American student at George Washington High, is a gifted artist and likes to illustrate her beliefs through her art. She enters an art contest at her school that offers an Artist Club scholarship for the art school in the city. After finding out she won the contest, Nancy is full of confidence…

fathers of African American poetry Langston Hughes, began his poetic career from a very young age. Being a free African American Hughes had the exposure to gather publicity from his art. Langston grew up in the segregated city of Joplin Missouri, and the sight of African Americans lack of equality angered him. Langston Hughes’s poetry was influenced by the racial tensions and the era of the Harlem Renaissance to create an impact on his poetry. In the 1930’s, African Americans faced…

Migration Influenced African Americans to bring out cultural pride. African American culture was reborn in the Harlem Renaissance. The musician’s, artiste, and poets were all influenced by the jazz, and the need for a form and individual rights for African Americans. The African American people believed that the power of the Great Migration brought along the artistic explosion. Black people move from southern states to northern states to find a way out of poverty. They always looked for a way…

others include ‘Vanilla Ice’ and ‘The Beastie Boys’. Vanilla Ice also know has Robert Matthew Van Winkle and was born in Dallas, Texas. With him coming from a middle class background and being white, he was not considered to be an authentic rap artist like Eminem and some also feel his attempt of a rap career as an intrusion on the genre itself. He was originally marketed as a white rapper with credibility as he claimed he had grown up in the rough areas of Miami however this then turned out…

To many, Beyoncé Knowles is considered one of the best artists of our time. Throughout her career, she has portrayed herself to her audience in very different ways. As her career progressed, she has been able to allow more of herself to be revealed to her audience. In Beyoncé’s video, "Formation", Beyoncé utilizes ethos to gain credibility and persuade her broad audience to recognize who she is as a person on a deeper level through references to her cultural identity and female empowerment.…

In Karen Jackson Ford’s “Do Right to Write Right: Langston Hughes's Aesthetics of Simplicity” Hughes and his works are carefully analyzed and the simplistic aspects of his works are discussed. Ford begins the article by stating that Hughes’ most anthologized poems were classified together because of their complexity. Some of Hughes’ most commonly anthologized works include “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “The Weary Blues.” Although it was deemed simple by critics, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”…

was a time when the African American community flourished. It was a time of great discovery, mostly in the arts. Many wonderful African American poets, authors, musicians, and artists emerged during this period and are still highly regarded to this day. Those that rose up created a voice for the African American community, and paved the path for others to join them. The explosion of cultural pride during the Harlem Renaissance led to social change for African American rights and pride all…

of hip-hop, the same way slave-owners stopped Kinte dreams of freedom (line 9). Furthermore the author attacked the challenging rappers by uttering that “y'all sharing bars/Like you got the bottom bunk in a two-man cell” alleging that other hip-hop artist do not compose their own lyrics, therefore…

This is in comparison due to artists trying to find different ways to let out their emotions and stress. Whereas, the women were fighting for their rights, similar to those of the Black Arts Movement. Before this movement, the literary…