Harlem River Drive

The Harlem Renaissance was given its name by the cultural, social, and artistic that took place in Harlem during 1920s and 1930s. The Harlem Renaissance was the culture period for African Americans, most of them were writers, poets, artist, musicians, photographers and scholars. Many of African American came from the south to Harlem where they can freely express their talents. Many African Americans recognized during the Harlem Renaissance were Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston…

Katherine Dunham was the first choreographer to integrate African American dance with modern dance highlighting the importance of African American culture. She showed the world just how beautiful African American heritage is, but did not stop there. Katherine Dunham influenced the African American culture by fighting her way into the dance community, by developing ethnographic research, and by empowering her Illinois community through the art and outlet of dance. “As an artist, educator,…

gathered in New York with hopes of finding power and faith within themselves. This was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After the Civil Rights Movement, it was hard for African Americans to adapt to their new lifestyle. The Harlem Renaissance was the time where they found their way to becoming the citizens they are and live the life they deserved. The black culture became prosperous during the Harlem Renaissance through their music, art, and poetry and with this it caused for the black community…

In The New Negro, by Alain Locke, Locke shows the realities of the African-American culture in the early twentieth century. In his anthology, which includes many different forms of art, he tries to depict this idea of the “New Negro”. He calls for a shift from the “Old Negro” into this idea of a New Negro. According to Locke, the New Negro is this idea of changing the African-American approach towards prejudicial views. He believed the advancement of the culture must be through education and the…

importantly music. In the story, the unnamed narrator and his brother Sonny struggle to understand each other, which stems from the immense differences in how they live and view life. This story takes place in the 1950’s, which is shortly after the Harlem Renaissance, which is labeled as the “literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity” (history.com). At the time, Jazz was exploding in popularity and is one of the main aspects of the story. While…

The Harlem Renaissance is termed to imply the social, cultural and artistic emergence that happened in the town of Harlem after the end of World War I up to the 1930s. In this period, the town was the “center of culture, art, music, photography, poetry and music” (Bloom 13) portrayed by the blacks. Due to the oppression in the 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…

“Jazz, Poetry, Rap: Cause and Effect of the Black Arts Movement” by Harmonious Assembler The first article that I found about the Black Arts Movement is one about, you guessed it, the Black Arts Movement. In it, the author – Harmonious Assembler – explains to the audience that the main argument that they should focus on is the fact that only three people have driven the movement into where it is today: with music like hip-hop and rap being played. These three people they are implying are Amiri…

The song “Famous” by 21 Savage, and the poem, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou are similar because both are about the rise and empowerment about themselves, revealed through repetition, through their point of view, and similes. Could it be that a song so distinctive in its ambitions for its perspective be yet so similar to a poem of deep cultural meaning? Through all of “Famous” is a journey of a African-American man from rags to riches but yet remembering and coming back to where he came up from.…

many African Americans had migrated from the South into the Northern and Western area. The known and pronoun white area had become a diverse community. The movement was followed by the Harlem Renaissance; also created because of their culture and artistic abilities such as painting, writing, music, and more. The harlem Renaissance was was the soul of the migrated African American’s heart. One of the branches apart if it was the Jazz Age. Artists such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie…

The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point for African Americans of their status in America. In the 1920s, following World War I, social and mental changes occurred amongst American men and women. New ideas were spreading about personal convictions, social standards, and advancing technology. Many African Americans had moved North from the southern plantations that they were finally freed from in a movement known as the Great Migration. This movement brought forth the ideals and…