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    The Harlem Renaissance

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that happened mainly in Harlem‚ New York throughout the 1920s to 1930s. It was known as the “New Negro Movement”. The years were between World War I and the Great Depression. This period of time was when the African- American middle class started to push for racial equality. Instead of using violence to handle their problems‚ the civil activists had artists and writers influence people through jazz music‚ fine art‚ and literature. Many jobs were available

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    Harlem Reflection

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    watched about cultural appropriation. A student described the unique sights‚ sounds‚ and smells of Harlem. This student’s perspective was contradictory to another’s‚ who only knew of the neighborhood what he heard by word of mouth. This flawed view consisted of solely danger and poverty. When the student with the flawed view heard a real description of Harlem‚ he was awed into remarking‚ “Show me THAT Harlem”. This remark partly encapsulates how I’ve prayed for the world. One of the biggest battles we

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    The Significance of the Harlem Renaissance Starting around the year 1917‚ Harlem‚ New York was bustling with life. Harlem was a diverse area where there little authority on cultural aspects for any one race‚ but in particular the African Americans. The African American people migrated to Harlem‚ and to other major cities in the North‚ in search of better opportunities than those found in the South. African Americans‚ though‚ were still cut down in society and the effects of the segregation in their

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    The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a time when African-American artistic creativity started to flower in the 1920’s‚ centered in the Harlem community of New York City. It was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. This movement was led by well-educated‚ middle-class African Americans who expressed pride in the African-American experience. They would celebrate their heritage and wrote with defiance and poignancy about the trails of being black in

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    September 23‚ 2012 The Harlem Renaissance and a Hip Hop Culture In the 1920’s a group of African-American intellectuals decided to come together and construct the New Negro Movement‚ later called the Harlem Renaissance. It was a time when black poets‚ novelists‚ and artists set out to disprove the negative stereotypes and prove that black people were not inferior to white people—they felt that they deserved respect. “The Harlem Renaissance was the African

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    Harlem Renaisance

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    characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance? B a. It included literature‚ music‚ dance‚ theater‚ and visual arts. b. It spanned the era from the middle of World War II to the 1970s. c. The Lindy-Hop was a major dance. d. Duke Ellington was a major jazz musician.

  2. Theater in the Harlem Renaissance included vaudeville shows‚ dramas‚ and Broadway plays performed by African-Americans. 3. Jazz was the predominant music of the Harlem Renaissance. Which of

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    Harlem Internship

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    internship‚ I was assigned to serve the Harlem community which has high proportions of Black and Hispanic residents who have low socioeconomic status. Many of the Harlem residents live below the Federal Poverty Level and spend more than 30% of their monthly gross income on rent. Harlem has higher unemployment rates than New York City in general. In addition‚ Harlem has a high percentage of people without a high school diploma. As a result‚ many of the Harlem residents have no credential to get high-paying

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    The Harlem Renaissance

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    THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: IT’S HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE ON BLACK CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN AMERICA Written by * Dr. William Mulligan History 522

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    Harlem Globetrotter

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    Savoy Big Five (after the famous Chicago ballroom where they played their early games). At a time when only whites were allowed to play on professional basketball teams‚ Saperstein decided to promote his new team’s racial makeup by naming them after Harlem‚ the famous African-American neighborhood of New York City. The son of a tailor‚ Saperstein sewed their red‚ white and blue uniforms (emblazoned with the words "New York") himself. The lineup in that first game‚ for which the Globetrotters were paid

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    The Harlem Dancer

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    In The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay‚ the brief passage that unlocks the poem for me is "The light gauze hanging loose about her form." The metaphor of light gauze suggests that the female dancer had wounds from her past nevertheless she is still beautiful‚ and her heart is pure and chaste. This implies McKay felt sympathy and admiration for the dancer. These meanings connect to the rest of the poem in these ways: First‚ McKay describes her voice as “sound of blended flutes blown by black players

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