I was living in New York then and the whole Creely - Olsen influence was beginning to beat me up. ... The Black arts era, both in terms of creative and theoretical writing is the most important one in black literature since the Harlem Renaissance. ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

There is a sense right from the very beginning of this novel that Robert Jones wants too much from the society into which he was born. ... The rise of black ghettos in northern and western cities may have complicated the problems of segregation and discrimination, but they also were grounds for encouragement for movements like the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School