Harlem Children's Zone

Samantha Vang Angela Coffee Composition II October 16, 2015 Can’t be Contained, Like Air “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise” (lines1-4). Imagine being looked down upon and your enemies expect you to have your head down. They expect you to be broken with tears running down your face because the world is against you. Having that in mind yet, you couldn’t care less on what the world labeled you as…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents, James Hughes and Carrie Langston soon separated after his birth. His father moved to Mexico and his mother moved around during his youth. Hughes was raised primarily by his grandmother, Mary, until she died in his teens. Hughes then went to live with his mother and they moved to several cities, but eventually were settled in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Hughes began to write poetry and was also…

Having seen the more melancholy, peaceful side of Hughes’ work on the subject of dreams in death, we find violent hope and yearning in his dreams for a better future. Throughout the Harlem Renaissance Hughes begins to bring the motif of dreams to the forefront of African American literature in a more positive, hopeful, light. Hughes’ work can be seen as a liminal period for African American literature, as the breadth of his work was produced not even sixty years after slavery was abolished,…

Henry ford revolutionized the way not only cars, but every single innovation, are built, completely altering the lifestyle of urban areas. Prior to 1920, Automobiles were a delight of only the wealthy handed. A car would cost 2 years worth of wages. Due to Ford’s new method of production, mass production, prices plummeted. Once taking months to build, by 1925 Ford was producing a vehicle every ten seconds Now an automobile can be purchased with two months wages. Instead of a car being made from…

suffer in a way that he don't know what family love is . Cullen was raised by his paternal grandmother until she die , at the age of 10 years old Cullen were adopted by Carolyn belle and Reverend Frederick A. Cullen who were a Episcopal church in Harlem. He was at the same time affronted by the racial America’s injustices . More than half of his poems are racial poems for example “Color” and “the Ballad of the brown girl” as a result of Cullen's experiences he success and write poems about…

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…

Could this rise have something to do with cultural differences between urban and rural populations? Are there any religious or ethnic issues that contributed to the dramatic rise in popularity of this group at this time? Detail the impacts of the Harlem Renaissance and the impact on modern race relations. With the new inventions and ability for musical culture to spread, the African Americans gained a lot of popularity during the 20’s, for they were leading the musical revolution. African…

the 1920, a reform took place in Harlem. Afro Americans owned 60% of the businesses, jazz music was a new and popular genre of music, and it was a time of national innovation. This period was called the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem was and still is the city with the most concentrated population of black people. The 1930s was not as prosperous as the roaring 20s. The Great Depression hit the nation, but in particular, the already poorly funded black community of Harlem. Entertainment became more…

The Harlem Renaissance took place right after World War one during the 1930’s in Harlem, New York. It was a massive cultural movement which brought out the best of the fine arts during this time period. Many African Americans fled the south and came to Harlem to express their love for the arts and live in a society which had the same passions as they did. On April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday, the most influential jazz musicians of her time, was born. A major part of what made Billie so influential…

The Harlem Renaissance was an era of many social, artistic, and cultural explosion that happened close to the end of the World War 1 and took place on Harlem. This era drew many African American writers, poets, musicians and photographers attention. It also embraced the African American cultural aspects and influenced their relationship with their heritage. Through singing and writing they broke free from their racial issues by whites back in the day. This Renaissance was the most influential…