The Harlem Renaissance showed the unique culture of African Americans and redefined African American expression. ... Never had so many Americans read the thoughts of African Americans and accepted the African American community's productions, expressions, and style. ... For African Americans, writing was an escape. ... Their writing also defined the African American heritage and celebrated their new identity as Americans. ... Countee Cullen used both African and European images to explore the African roots of black American life. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

More than a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. ... African-Americans was encouraged to celebrate their heritage. ... The Harlem Renaissance transformed African-American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture in general. ... Never before had so many Americans read the thoughts of African-Americans and embraced the African-American community's productions, expressions, and style. ... James Van Der Zee (1889-1983) was the most popular African-American photographer of that...

• Word Count: 783
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

More than a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance elevated the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. African-Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage. ... Never before had so many Americans read the thoughts of African-Americans and embraced the African-American community's productions, expressions, and style. ... It was an African-American company, but it only performed plays written by whites because plays written by African-Americans were not yet allowed. It was a unique experience for African-Americans to see African-American a...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As alluded to earlier Langston Hughes was a voice for his people (African Americans). ... The occupant speaks to African Americans attempting seeking help in their due equity, however at the same time being turned around by whites. ... Hughes associated as unashamedly as African American during an era when being black was not the thing to be. ... Understanding his work is understanding pride in the African-American character and its multi-faceted culture. Langston Hughes is an extraordinary figure in African American culture, and in the historical backdrop of our nation in general. ...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural birth that emphasized the artistic and intellectual abilities of African Americans. Africans and their descendants have been an essential part of the story of America since the late 1400s. ... The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was the roots of the African American experience in Africa and the American South mixed with a strong sense of racial pride and desire for social and political equality (Collier, 1985). ... The literature appealed to the African American middle class and to the white book-buying public. African America...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jazz music was a blend of West African and Latin rhythms, African American spirituals and blues, and European harmonies. ... Quite possibly the greatest cultural changes came about with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in Harlem, New York, of African American actors, artists, writers, and musicians. ... The Harlem Renaissance was above all a literary movement, when famous novelists such as Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes produced work describing the bitterness and defiance, but also joy and hope of African American life. ...

• Word Count: 335
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, such issues as the relationship between the Harlem Renaissance and mainstream American culture, especially the relationship between African-American literature and white American culture and how white people have influenced the Harlem Renaissance have not been explored into. Nevertheless, white critics, patrons and publishers in the era of the Harlem Renaissance were critical for the growth of African-American literature, and its new role in the whole American culture. ... Many African-Americans participated in WWI with great passion and they hoped that they could get more respect aft...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This poem centers around the struggle of one African American man to overcome racial diversity and hatred in a home he works in, and it details his inner thoughts and desires to be accepted for who he is. The first line of the poem, "I, too, sing America," suggests that the narrator feels a strong sense of self-worth, even if the people around him do not feel that he has any, and the idea that everyone can be America is showcased at this point. This first line sets a tone that the narrator is very proud to be American, whether people look at him as American or not, and he is willing to be pati...

• Word Count: 2322
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Given the increasing number of whites traveling to Harlem to be entertained in clubs like The Cotton Club, the poem can be seen as an attempt on Hughes's part to warn the community that African American expression was being appropriated by mainstream culture. ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Looking for Langston" tells the story of African American Poet Langston Hughes and his life and consequences within the black gay culture. The film is presented as a reflection on Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance going on during that time period. The 1980's showed a rise in the queer civi...

• Word Count: 1030
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate