https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai en-us 2018-02-14 16:22:59 UTC 2026-01-25 03:47:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231575272 The American Dream was the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.]]> 2018-02-14 16:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231575272 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231577420 African Americans demonstrated traits of the American Dream through their focus on self-expression and self-determination ]]> 2018-02-14 16:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231577420 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231579278 The "New Negro" had to be seen in the perspective of both a New World and even more so, a New America]]> 2018-02-14 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231579278 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231581290 The attitude of America toward the Negro is as important a factor as the attitude of the Negro toward America.]]> 2018-02-14 16:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231581290 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231583379 Alan Locke writes "Whoever wishes to see the Negro in his essential traits, must seek the enlightenment of that self-portraiture which the present developments of Negro culture are offering" ]]> 2018-02-14 16:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231583379 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231587549 Although there was an end to slavery and African Americans have gained the rights obtained by the Declaration of Independence, they were still being denied some natural born rights due to racism.]]> 2018-02-14 16:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231587549 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231589680 Many Americans believed that the American Dream should be equally available to everyone in the U.S, but many African Americans were denied the "equal" opportunities offered to other Americans. This being said, was the American Dream really ever possible to African Americans in American society?]]> 2018-02-14 16:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231589680 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231594060 Even after slavery was banned, African Americans in society were still separated by the Jim Crow laws; these laws gave them a separate but equal status within American society]]> 2018-02-14 17:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231594060 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231598144 The creative talents of the African American race were seen positively by American Society; they created a literary movement that presented the "New Negro" in a national and international scope. ]]> 2018-02-14 17:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231598144 19gsilver80316 https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231602752 This was a racial awakening on a national, or even world scale]]> 2018-02-14 17:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19gsilver80316/hrmhr3ccikai/wish/231602752