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Although William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a well educated, clever, and intelligent man, many individuals may not have discerned his point of view and all of his thoughts with clarity. In “Criteria of Negro Art” Du Bois shares his opinion on art in the African-American community. Essentially Du Bois wishes for individuals to understand that African-Americans resorted to using their art as propaganda to obtain a place in society. Du Bois believed that art should be used only for propaganda.…

The younger generation of Negro writers during the New Negro Arts Movement created a space in which Their Eyes Were Watching God could exist within. Alain Locke (1885-1954) and Langston Hughes both advocated for the inclusion of art that was not solely political, or at least not solely adhering to the positive, respectability aspects of political theory. Locke, himself, found his voice to be in inherent opposition to the stringent views of Du Bois and went on to transcend the restraints of…

In chapter VI, The Educated Negro Leaves the Masses, the question that will be addressed are: What is Woodson’s argument about the relationship between individual’s education and their connection to the “masses,” especially the black church? The author Charter G. Woodson sheds light on how many blacks who tend to seek and obtain higher education tend to separate themselves from other black individuals who lack the same educational background. Also in chapter VII, Dissension and Weakness, Woodson…

On September 9th, 2017 I saw the show “The Magic Negro and Other Blackness” performed by Mark Kendall. The show depicts the struggles of what black actors/actresses have to struggle with whether that be their history to getting parts in shows. Mark brought life to the show by making it humorous and adding a layer of making it somewhat comfortable for all audiences to experience and have a laugh. He also brought the audience closer by using the audience members to help him relay his message and…

In the essay “Enter The New Negro” by Alain Locke it takes place in a different time era; to specify that the new era of time was the “new negro” and the era that passed was the “old negro”. Locke explains how the New Negro came to be and also they started to fit in more with the present society in America. Locke talks about how the New Negro didn't become what they were overnight, but took a great amount of time in becoming what it currently is now for a large period of time. This was the time…

the mid 1920 is the black aesthetic developed as a group initiative. Finally, the Negro was challenged with a new sense of potential for the future. Through art, expression of racial pride was encouraging. This developed a new sense of identity for the African American. 2. Harlem Renaissance In 1910, a group of African Americans bought property on 135th and fifth ave, As world War one progressed many more Negros arrived because the migration from Europe decreased. The war demanded unskilled…

In the Negro in Latin America, Harold Preece provides a narrative about the advantages whites had, and the disadvantages negroes had. Preece started off his story by telling us about the three negro men he met at Tilotson college in Austin, Texas. The talk with these three men was the highlight of Preece day. Latin America did not feel satisfied with old Jim Crow taking their main arm of defense in the Panama Canal zone. The three men lived and or worked at the Panama Canal zone. The men argued…

that no matter what, he will never conform to white ideals. In “The Negro Artists and the Racial Mountains” he writes,” I am a Negro – and beautiful!” He even often calls out black writers for trying to conform and blend in with white culture, and he deliberately does not write in “proper” English like white people do because he wants to express his culture and where he comes from. Langston writes,” It is the duty of the younger Negro artists… to change through the force of his art that old…

American professionals (doctors, lawyers, ect.) and all of them migrated toward the cultural hub of the city. In the city there was opportunity to manage multiple ideals, languages, cultural backgrounds, economic backgrounds and so much more. “The New Negro” was a political and cultural statement bringing a unique global identity to the U.S. through the African American…

during the 1920s in Harlem, New York ? First called the "New Negro Movement" ? Eruption of culture and art ? Made Harlem a destination city for black culture ? Changed the way African Americans were viewed Poetry ? Langston Hughes ? Wanted a separate "Negro" art for black poets ? Interpreted the black experience to the rest of the world ? Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale…