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Based on Booker T. Washington’s ideologies and leadership style one can note the correlation between the visions for Tuskegee Institute and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) programs currently offered in most learning institutions of today. One key factor that has been denoted in response to the National Defenses Act of 1958, which supported a transition from humanistic education in the late 1800’s to scientific learning outcomes during the nineteenth and twentieth…

struggle was part of a global fight for liberation. Minorities united against oppression. However, as the struggle progressed activists shifted focus toward national goals. Activists critiqued African nations they once idolized. Leaders like Shirley Graham Du Bois and Kwame Ture, questioned their own beliefs and the success of the struggle. There was a transition from political connection to social division. As a result, localized movements like the Black Power movement took…

The Harlem Renaissance (1919-1929) The Harlem Renaissance, originally known as the New Negro Movement, received its’ name from Harlem, a large neighborhood within Manhattan, New York. From 1917-1935, nearly 175,000 African Americans, mainly from the south, turned this neighborhood into the largest concentration of black people in the world. Out of this, came a cultural, social, artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that lit a new black cultural identity. Important Events • The…

they had to sit in the “Negroes Only” section. Had it not been for these leading intellectuals and these writers of the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans would not have come as far as they have had it not been for the intellectuals such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Alain Locke, and Marcus Garvey. These intellectuals gave writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston the push they needed to make the impacts they made on black culture. The Harlem Renaissance promoted…

Both W.E.B. Du Bois and Ralph Ellison used their influence as authors to write about and discuss African Americans’ struggle for civil rights in the United States. These authors were by no means the first authors to discuss the issue, and were heavily influenced by the writings and speeches of Booker T. Washington, especially his address at the Atlanta Exposition, and his book, Up From Slavery. This influence does not imply similarity, however, as the ways in which Washington advocates for…

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and an artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York. During the time of this event, the movement was known as the "New Negro Movement." This event happened between 1917-1935, this was at the time of the end of World War I. During this period in Harlem black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars were blossoming with creative art. Much of the writings and art was focused on the portrayal of realistic black life.…

This article discussed the early accomplishments, documentaries, and controversies surrounding the life of Henry Louis Gates Jr. Born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia, Gates continued to travel and study internationally before he became in charge of Harvard’s African-American studies department. Additionally, Gates was an exceptional student who continued to excel academically, he graduated with a degree in history from Yale University in the year 1973. He continued to pursue high…

The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic, intellectual and literary movement that helped shape African American culture. It gave African Americans a voice to express themselves through a variety of means. Authors like Langston Hughes and W.E.B Dubois, musicians like Billie Holiday, and artists like Lois Mailou Jones and Aaron Douglas, were some of the most influential people during this movement. Before the new movement black artists rarely concerned themselves subject matters that included their…

and the Fair Housing Act of 1968” (National Association). This was a result of the Brown case, which really helped discrimination in later years. It helped African Americans to vote and buy or rent a house without discrimination. Talking about W.E.B. Du Bois the article say, “He founded the group's primary publication, the magazine The Crisis. Its popularity contributed to the NAACP's becoming the primary African American group in the United States by 1915” (NAACP). The newspaper The Crisis was…

Similar to Douglass Rawlins can be related to Washington. Washington was also a former slave. After the civil war he was freed and then caught out ways to help the black community, perhaps with more of an emphasis on former slaves. He talked openly about the progress of the black community stressed what he believed blacks should do. He help found the Tuskegee institute, aimed at teaching black men vocational training and skills, which he strong emphasized over higher education. Washington…