The New Negro

Alex Haley Interviews Malcolm X This article presents an interview conducted with Malcolm X in 1963 less than two years before he was assassinated in Harlem at the Audubon Ballroom. The interview was conducted by Alex Haley, who later was the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X after which he wrote his own ground breaking tour de force, Roots. The interview provided an opportunity for Malcolm X, spiritual and political leader, to present his views and beliefs on his role in the civil…

that time period, and now. Taking place in the 1920s through the 1930s, the Harlem Renaissance laid the groundwork for African American art, literature, and society, shaping how it would be viewed by whites and blacks alike, as well as establishing a new culture for black society. Literature during the Harlem Renaissance primarily focused on the accurate portrayal of black life. It was also used in order to depict the beauty that African American culture and society held. The movement…

the struggles that black people had to face in addition to the implication that there will be change for the better, despite the challenges. Due to prejudice, black people were treated unequally through segregation. When the Younger move into their new home in Clybourne Park, a man named Karl Lindner notifies them of the neighborhood’s problem with the fact that they are moving in. Lindner says to the family, “I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter…

On Saturday February 6, 2016, one day before Super Bowl Fifty; Beyoncé Knowles released a music video for her new song “Formation .” Filmed in New Orleans with the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina as a backdrop. The video featured a scenes where Beyoncé sits atop a half-submerged police car that continues sinking. Giving a nod to the Black Lives Matter movement, “at the end of the clip, a line of riot-gear-clad police officers surrender, hands raised, to a dancing black child in a hoodie,…

Humans are all born as good but what make a person good or bad are the choices he or she makes in life. When a baby is born he is not born with the intent to do evil. The baby is born with the intent to learn and gain knowledge to make the decision of their role in life. It is in the early stages of life when a person finds themselves. A person is born with a clean slate then the person they will become is determined but, not written in stone. People can change; a person who has done evil in…

surfaced up to detectable quality, however few were more acclaimed than James W. C. Pennington. Introduced around 1809 on Maryland's eastern shore, Pennington liberated himself from subjection in 1827, transforming into a criminal slave, and relocated to New York City, where he transformed into a parson and a principle outline in abolitionist activism. Buddy to related Maryland nearby Frederick Douglass, Pennington wedded Douglass and his first life partner in 1838, appropriated his…

As Logan notes in her anthology, With Pen and Voice, Harper orphaned at the age of three and raised by her uncle, gained her start at the Watkins’ Academy for Negro Youth, soon becoming well known for her oratorical abilities. Well educated and being an advocate for education for all, Harper became a schoolteacher in Pennsylvania until two incidents drove her into the Anti-Slavery movement. The first being the…

He addressed the color based economic hierarchy instilled in Jamaica, and colonial society in general (Hill, p.26). He started the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in order to organize black owned businesses and create uniformity amongst the black population through the culture of Africa. The “Back to Africa” movement originated from Garvey’s aims to secure the “Blackstar” steamship…

KOMATSU, QWEEKEND J ohn Lewis, an African American released his third book in the ‘March’ trilogy. The book focuses on the civil right movements and the writer’s (John Lewis) cruel civil rights experiences. This has been given attention on the news because the trilogy has a great background history and influenced a…

African American religion from its inceptions in African culture, through its improvement in subjugation, to the development of the Baptist and Methodist places of worship. He contends that "the investigation of Negro religion isn't just an indispensable piece of the historical backdrop of the Negro in America, however no uninteresting piece of American history." He goes ahead to look at the effect of servitude on ethical quality. In the last parts of his book, Du Bois focuses on…