Arna Bontemps

neighborhood encounters and the nearby library. In an accumulation of books stamped "Negro," he found works of the Harlem Renaissance and other African-American authors. Subsequent to perusing works by such creators as Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and Arna Bontemps, Wilson understood that blacks could be effective in masterful undertakings without bargaining their conventions. In his initial works, Wilson was so vigorously impacted by different styles that it was troublesome for him to locate…

variety of unique pieces of work to display the life of African Americans. Some of the Harlem Renaissance African American literature pioneers included Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Rudolf Fisher, Wallace Thurman, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston. In addition to the reading literature of African American, whites would travel to Harlem to be entertained by musical performers such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington. Many…

The Harlem Renaissance influenced people artistically, musically and through literature, by spreading through the states. The Harlem Renaissance started nineteen twenty and ended in nineteen thirty. (How it started and its impacts) The Harlem Renaissance was the birth of literature, theatre, and music. African Americans had moved to Harlem because of the white supremacy that was rising in the south. The threat that their lives were on the lines had them embark on the Great Migration. Most…

In the Mid 1940s, On April 27, 1945, an inspiring poet and playwright was born. August Wilson wasn’t originally born as ‘August Wilson’, he was born as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. August Wilson was the fourth child out of six children and the oldest son. He was born in Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Frederick August Kittel, Sr. a German immigrant and baker and Daisy Wilson, a cleaning woman of African descent. He had a rather humble childhood. He was mainly raised by his mother…

Aristotle was a greek philosopher who proposed a set of characteristics or traits which are to be used as criteria when evaluating characters and their status as tragic heroes. Put in a condensed manner, they are as follows: a tragic hero must have noble stature, be a victim of hamartia, be responsible for his own downfall, be admirable and pitiable, gain wisdom and repent before death, and conjure a cathartic release of emotions from the reader. These traits will be used to evaluate, by form of…

southern states, many blacks had fled and settled in the North in search of an environment they could freely express themselves through their talents. Some of the famous artists of the Harlem Renaissance included Claude McKay, Jean Toomer and Arna Bontemps. Harlem provided an ambient environment for the black artists and they ended up blossoming in the various art disciplines. The Great Migration from the South was one…

Exploring African-American Culture: The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance started in 1920, in Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance created a big uproar of the African American Culture when they emigrated from the south to north. It expressed the African American culture and brought it alive. The Harlem Renaissance unified other races, making African American culture, a trend. The Harlem Renaissance contributed to the growth of the emerging African American culture in the post slavery…