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The Harlem Renaissance 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…

In 1927 a man by the name of Marcus Garvey created the People’s Political Party, the first political party on the island of Jamaica (Hill, p.23). Garvey was running for an seat with the assembly but due to his explicit racial based platform, Garvey failed to win a seat. During the 1920-1930s, many unions cam about to represent the black middle class. The most significant was the Jamaican Workers and Tradesmen Union, upon which Alexander Bustamante rose to fame. The purpose of these organizations…

of African American scholarship other transcending organizations arose. The fruit bore from these transcending organizations provided the core leadership and game changers that shaped the twentieth-century black experience. Too name a few: W.E.B Du Bose, Booker T. Washington, Carter G. Woodson, Walter White, Benjamin Mays, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Adam Clayton Powell, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, Barbara Jordan to current leaders and game changes Lyretta Lynch, Michael Jordan, …

The Harlem Renaissance was also called The New Negro Movement because during the Harlem Renaissance era its arts— “in poetry, fiction, drama, music, painting, and sculpture”—proved the new ear of achievements for African Americans that were “hardly more than a half-century removed from slavery and enmeshed in the chains of a dehumanizing segregation.” Hence, the Harlem Renaissance was also called The New Negro Movement as this marked the birth of African American artists— “the foundations for…

In The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois criticizes Washington’s “programme” that, “practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races,” and accuses Washington of “[withdrawing] many of the high demands of Negros as men and American citizens” (Du Bois). There was, indeed, an opposition of Washington coming from black people who believed they deserved equality, in all senses of the word…

In the 1960s, the philosophy of Malcolm X was more practical than Martin Luther King’s ideology because it did not depend as heavily on the shift of the ideas of the white populous. Although Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. both advocated for equal rights for African Americans, their ideas of how to accomplish this goal, including the goal itself, varied (Document 1). Malcolm X grew up through foster homes and dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen and after he became involved…

Reading the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, one can discover many aspects of the Harlem Renaissance, including hardships, goals of the movement, and realistic situations that occurred in this era. These hardships and goals all led to the creation of Harlem Renaissance Ideals which demanded a change in the way that white people saw the African American race. Harlem Renaissance Ideals were introduced in the hope that African Americans could become more accepted for who they were. During this…

The struggle of African Americans in America did not begin in the twenty-first century. It started long before the Mayflower ever landed at Plymouth Rock. A struggle can resemble a mountain which appears to be difficult to climb, but with time and perseverance, be that as it may, the outlandish possibility can turn into a sensible undertaking. African American history has its origins in West Africa and travels through a transatlantic journey to America. After arriving in a new land, the men,…

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were two men that devoted their life to the reform of black lives. They believed in different things, yet had the same vision. Washington’s vision was more basic, while DuBois’ was more developed. The two men debated in the 19th and 20th century about education for blacks. Washington was born into slavery and grew up in slavery his whole life. He received a childhood education while he worked. Later, Washington attended Hampton Institute for vocational…

Aspiration leads the narrator through Invisible Man. The narrator aspires to be like influential people in black society, such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. Washington was a prominent African American speaker in the 19th century, while Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Before participating in the Battle Royal the narrator prepares to deliver a speech to the white audience in which he expresses, “I visualized myself…