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How did Slavery in Americas lead to the creation of the Harlem Renaissance?

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How did Slavery in Americas lead to the creation of the Harlem Renaissance?

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Slavery was the main reason the Harlem Renaissance. Even though slavery was abolished after the Civil War, African Americans were still struggling to make a living. African Americans wanted to make a name for themselves and the way they did that was creating the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a 1917 theater production called "Three Plays for a Negro Theater" and even though the poem never addressed race directly, African Americans felt its message. Without slavery and the struggle African Americans went through, the Harlem Renaissance would have never been created.

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How do both texts demonstrate the impact of African culture on America?

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How do both texts demonstrate the impact of African culture on America?

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Both texts do kind of a before and after on African culture in America. They mention what African Americans were doing before the Harlem Renaissance and after the Harlem Renaissance. Both articles mention that African Americans were trying to make a bigger name for themselves after slavery was abolished and the Harlem Renaissance was their way of doing that. The texts mentioned how the Harlem Renaissance has shaped African culture today in America and gave examples like music, art, and entertainment. African culture in different parts of the world were also mentioned in the articles.

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How would you paraphrase this poem in your own words?

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How would you paraphrase this poem in your own words?

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This poem is called, "America" and it is written by Claude McKay. This poem describes the ups and downs of living in America. While we love living here, there are some bad things about it as well.

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What words stood out to you in this poem? Why do you think they are important?

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What words stood out to you in this poem? Why do you think they are important?

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A few words that stood out to me were "bitterness", "youth", "hate", and "wonders". I think those are great words that relate to America itself. That's important because it gives character to the poem and gives an accurate relation to the message of the poem.

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Did any of the lines of the poem remind you of anything in your life?

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Did any of the lines of the poem remind you of anything in your life?

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the 4th line of the poem which states, "I love this cultured hell that tests my youth." (McKay). I think I relate to that line a lot because I like living in American but it does test me a lot especially during my youth days.

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When you read this poem. What do you picture in your mind?

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When you read this poem. What do you picture in your mind?

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When I first read this poem I instantly thought of how accurate it is to America. Even though it was written in the 1920's, everything in this poem is still true today. America has changed a lot but it also hasn't.

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One similarity to the poem "Dreams" that we read earlier this week is they both kind of invision dreams in the future. They both also use a good amount of figurative language to get the message to the reader across.

One difference in the poems is in "Dreams" the author was talking more directly to a single person while "America" is talking about a group of people as a whole. Another difference is in "Dreams" the author says what would happen if dreams were not met and "America" does not as the author just sees the wonders that could happen.

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The Harlem Renaissance made a huge jump with African American music and helped shape music into what it is today.

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Art was also another big thing that was revolutionized into something much greater during the Harlem Renaissance and has shaped art into what it is today.

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The big thing about the Harlem Renaissance was that African Americans finally got their dream which was to make their voices heard.

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The Harlem Renaissance gave the chance for African Americans to come up with their own different kinds of languages and that made a lasting impact on some parts of the world.

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The Harlem Renaissance gave Africans Americans in the past a new and better life.