1. Compton, California and Harlem, NYC
... filled with highly educated black people who had the power to produce literature that confronted racism very clearly. Poets like Langston Hughes and Claude McKay created poems that spoke of racial discrimination of black people which put a new perspective on racism to the general population. In an article by Mike Chasar, The poets of the Harlem Renaissance are recognized for their use ... the literary works of Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance; this is because the artistic value of the works is appreciated by scholars while they still tell the story of racism and the effects of margi...
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- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School