... problem. Dubois along with Booker T. Washington were the most acknowledged leaders of African Americans during this time, and their opposing views is what separated them as scholars. Dubois last publication was in 1968 with and autobiography. The first ... are remembered for their part in the advancement of African American Literature during the Harlem Renaissance is the author/anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston. Hurston is one of few African American women recognized for their work during the 20th century and she is one of the greatest writers/anthropologists during the Harlem Renaissance...

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... of the Harlem Renaissance. His efforts to debunk race-based myths of the inherent intellectual, social, and spiritual inferiority of African-Americans that emerged in the post Reconstruction era are thought to be some of his greatest accomplishments. He sought to destroy commonly held myths through his writings and by identifying, selecting and promoting a talented group of well-educated ... experienced relatively little racial discrimination there. Quicksand (1928), by novelist Nella Larsen, offered a powerful psychological study of an African American woman's loss of identity, while Zo...

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