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Lucas Tarno,Mayeh Thomas,Ifunanya V Anadebe

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Lucas Tarno,Mayeh Thomas,Ifunanya V Anadebe

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Visual artists of the Harlem Renissance,like the dramatist,attempted to win control over representation of the people from the white caricature and denigration while developing a new repertoire of images. Prior to World War I, black painters and sculptors had rarely concerned themselves with African American subject matter.

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After the 40's the riots slowed down and was not as violent as it once was.

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Riots in Harlem in 1935 and 1943 made the situation worse - fear keeping away customers from the entertainment venues which had provided much employment. War brought a brief upturn in prospects, as war often will, but these new jobs vanished.

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Langstons play

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The Harlem Renaissance was a transformable period in time when poetry changed a nation of African-Americans to an incredible level. Langston Hughes was one of the leading black writers in that time period.

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Jacob was an artist during the Harlem Reanissance who is most famous for his art piece "Self-portrait".It was created in 1977 and influenced a whole generation of art.

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Harlem was a slum or a low part of town mostly populated by African Americans.They had a large business area that were mostly run by whites. They small town was not a fun and friendly as you would think. Mostly gangs ran the town. A day would start of easy go to work and come home at night. During the day the kids would go to school unless they were in a gang the streets during the day were not the safest place to be during the day.

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Lucas Tarno,Mayeh Thomas,Ifunanya V Anadebe

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Lucas Tarno,Mayeh Thomas,Ifunanya V Anadebe

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Hughes wanted to represent in his work the aspirations and higher aims of the people. His goal wasn't to represent topics accurately necessarily, but to show people's feelings and aspirations through words. He also wanted to represent his pride of his race, even though he was aware that they were not perfect. He wanted to portray what it was like to live in poverty.

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No aspect of the Harlem Renaissance shaped America and the entire world as much as jazz

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If We Must Die

CLAUDE MCKAY

Joy in the Woods

CLAUDE MCKAY

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Hughes wrote a few types of literature including, poetry, short stories, novels, and plays. He wrote sixteen books of poetry, two novels, seven collections of short stories, two autobiographies, four non-fiction works, ten books for children, and twenty-nine plays. He wrote a poem called Mother to Son.

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Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri.

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The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920's. It was considered the rebirth of African American arts.

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langston was born in joplin missouri February 1, 1902. his grandmother raised him in Lawrence, Kansas, until he was 12, when he moved to Illinois to live with his mother and stepfather. He published his first poem in 1921. He attended Columbia University, but left after one year to travel. His poetry was later promoted by Vachel Lindsay, and Hughes published his first book in 1926.