... began to play a vital role not only in the Harlem Renaissance but also on the lives of African Americans. Blacks in the 1920's wore popular for their singing, dancing and acting skills, most of them were acting on broad way, motion pictures and plays. The best movie of all times was a "raisin in the sun- about a family moving to live in a white area, where the whites don't want them to live. Between ... the 1920 -30's the life style of blacks wore that ... they always dressing slick everyday through the night heading to clubs looking for singles. And although they were living as ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... paper is dealing with identity, the question of representation also must be addressed. The answer to this question is this: the works do not represent every single person's struggles; although, most of the works can speak towards everyone's experiences, there are some exceptions. The importance of this is to understand that when reading a novel such as "A Raisin in the Sun" or "The Souls of Black Folks" ... ;, you cannot immediately assume that this story represents every single African American family across the United States. Understanding representation is vital to understanding ....

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