... the political and cultural center of black America. Harlem created a growth of African-American culture which gave rise to a community exploding with art, politics, energy, and racial pride. In particular the entertainment business gave Blacks the opportunity of expressing themselves, escaping from the years of pain ... South, and of celebrating their new-gained freedom. Harlem became known as the "Night Club Capital of the World". Literature and other art forms created by African-Americans became a great part of the cultural interracial life of the 1920s. The self-confident black citize...

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... were complete. During the early 1920's when Toomer was writing there was much emphasis on becoming a 'New Negro', forging a new identity for ones self through the mediums of literature, art and music. Due to Cane's eclectic mixing of poetry and prose it was considered a New Negro text and is still considered a 'masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance'.3 Toomer did not ... they made sense to the slave communities on plantations. Suggesting that the white reader may also find the text of Cane difficult to understand due to its mixing of literary forms and use of call and response....

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... engineering and eventually he quit school" (Gasbarre). In 1926 his first book was published entitled, "The Weary Blues". He was the first person to combine traditional poetry with black artistic forms of blues and jazz. His life spanned a time period, which faced many social issues including the Renaissance, the Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, Jazz age, the Blues ... . "Black people loved reading his works and hearing him read his poems at public presentations all over the country. To them he was "Harlem's Poet""(Gasbarre). This new form of art, music, dancing, and l...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School