I will be doing an essay on African American theater history. ... Writers like Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Fredrick Douglass, W.E.B Dubois, Gwendolyn Brook, Zoral Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, James Baldwin and many more writers have paved the way for the work's of African American literature. The term "African American Literature" is understood by most as Sub-Saharan (East and West) Africa. The primary source of language for this literature is European not Africa, which is also known as radical anomaly. African participants in colonial administrations in Afri...

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CHANGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1920"S In the 1920's, African Americans were going through many changes and were doing many new things that they hadn't even thought about doing before that. ... Not only did African Americans start jazz, but some of the best jazz musicians were African American. ... This is when African American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, which is an area of New York City. ... It was a celebration of the unique culture of African Americans, and gave the world a new view of African American expressio...

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Black literature went through a tremendous outbreak in Harlem, which is a district of New York City. ... While these men and women promoted art and literature, they were credited with starting much more than just an intellectual movement. ... There was an immediate reaction, it was clear that literature was definitely one art form that could bring the black culture together. ... They often wrote about alienation and their own life stories, which were directed mostly to African American people and the third world of Africa, Asia and Latin America. ... Dubois, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen be...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. ... The Harlem Renaissance is a term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. More than a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. ... African-Americans was encouraged to celebrate their heritage. ... Never before had so many Americans read the ...

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The country was caught up in new music, new dances, new games, blossoming literature, different fashions, new heroes and heroines, and booming business that left everyone with a good feeling. ... The Roaring Twenties marked a new generation of American Literature and the recognition of African American writers. ... The Harlem Renaissance, the rebirth of African American culture, was a huge part of the Roaring Twenties. ... Black writers wrote about the experiences of African Americans, the lynchings and other violence that they had to survive after WWI. ... Langston Hughes was also an extr...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. ... More than a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance elevated the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. African-Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage. ... It was an African-American company, but it only performed plays written by whites because plays written by African-Americans were not yet allowed. It was a unique experience for African-Americans to see Africa...

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Like any other aspiring author, success does not come easily and working toward it can be laborious, especially due to the scarce amount of existing African American women authors in the mid-1960s. ... She captured the rhythms of African American life and speech in her writing. ... She was then introduced to the world of literature in 1901 at the age of 10, when Northern school teachers allowed her to read and study with their books. ... College opened Hurston's eyes to the beauty of literature and made her want to pursue a career in writing. ... She appreciated the Haitian culture and la...

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There are truths and fallacies that a person could read in many forms of literature. ... Within the same years, the Puerto Rican communities were compared to the African Americans because they had similar organizations. The African American's had the Black Panther Party and the Puerto Ricans had the Young Lords Party (Marquez, Representation by Other Means: ..., 2000).Both of these parties wanted to improve their communities and their economies (Unknown, Core 9P Reading Packet, page 105). ...

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He explained that after War World 1 in 1918, African Americans were faced with one of the lowest points in history since the end of slavery. ... The fear of race riots in the South caused large number of African Americans to move North. The Harlem Renaissance was a time for African Americans to show and reflect their talents throughout society. ... It was through literature that the promoters of the New Negro consciousness discussed their ideas and goals for the black community. ... This new sense of pride also emerged in the form of literature, music, and theater. ...

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