1. Compton, California and Harlem, NYC
During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, well-educated African-American people began producing literature that explained the horrors of racism. ... After World War I, huge numbers of African-Americans migrated to the industrial North from the South; this movement is referred to as the Great Migration. ... Then from the dark depths of my soul I cry to the avenging angel to consume the white man's world of wonders utterly: let it be swallowed up in the earth's vast womb, or upward roll as sacrificial smoke to liberate my people from its yoke!... He speaks of how he wishes the world ...
- Word Count: 2640
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School