... the Harlem Renaissance, which was the African American artistic movement in the 1920's that celebrated black life and culture. Hughes's creative genius was influenced by his life in Harlem, New York. His literary works helped shape American literature and politics. Hughes, like others active in the Harlem Renaissance, had a strong sense of racial pride. Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and ... Senegal, Nigeria, the Cameroons, Belgium Congo, Angola, and Guinea, and later to Italy, France, Russia and Spain. One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Ha...

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... of marijuana, or "ganja,"" as a kind of holy herb that would bring enlightenment. The Wailers' music was imbued with this faith, which represented a spiritual alternative to the frequent violence of ghetto life for many poor Jamaicans. In 1972, the Wailers signed a recording contract with a London-based record label, Island Records, founded by the half-Irish, half-Jamaican music entrepreneur Chris Blackwell ... an equal measure of success, especially with hit songs like "Is This Love,"" and "Satisfy My Soul."" The band's packed touring schedule in 1978 included a sold-out show at New Yo...

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