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Harlem Renaissance: The Beginning of the Movement
Posted by Rebecca Reid in Intro and Sign Up on December 16, 2009
The Harlem Renaissance began because African Americans were thinking about race relations in America.
W.E.B. Du Bois wrote some nonfiction before, during, and after the Renaissance that helped shape some of the political thought, such as his The Souls of Black Folk. In the early years of the century, James Weldon Johnson‘s poetry became a “national anthem” for African-Americans, and his semi-autobiographical The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, was a landmark, although it was published anonymously because of Johnson’s race; it’s telling that just 15 years later he could republish it fully claiming his identity.
Add Charles Chesnutt‘s early novels and political leadership with the NAACP, some less well-known social activists and writers, and the 1925 anthology of African-American writing edited by Alain Locke, and the Harlem Renaissance was well underway.
A Brief Historical Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance
Posted by jmchshannon in Coming Soon, Intro and Sign Up on December 15, 2009
February in the United States means celebrating Black History Month. What better way to celebrate this very vital part of our society by paying homage to an extremely pivotal historical event in our cultural history: The Harlem Renaissance?
Just what is the Harlem Renaissance, you ask? If you are like me, you faintly remember discussing it briefly in high school English class, forced to read a few poems but not understanding the significance or the finer points of the discussion. Thankfully, the Classics Circuit is here to enlighten you about what you (and I) might have failed to learn in high school. Read the rest of this entry »
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