Jazz Age The Jazz Age was the time in history where the soulful ness of the East met the American "white" culture. ... These events help to show the slow acceptance and influence of African American culture on white America. ... A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."... During the Harlem Renaissance the idea of the "New Negro" beca...

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This African-American cultural movement became known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. ... He further believed that his people could not achieve social equality by emulating white ideals, that equality could be achieved only by teaching Black racial pride with an emphasis on an African cultural heritage. ... In Harlem in the 1920's many people, both African-American and white, attended vaudeville shows, dramas, and Broadway plays performed by African-Americans. ... In Harlem, jazz music was extremely popular and influential. ... Jazz was an influential add...

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White poetry written about the experiences of white people was the only kind of verse most folks had ever heard. ... Hughes first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, was published by Alfred A. ... He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. Hughes did not confine himself to revealing just the cadences of black music to his readers. ... If white people are pleased, we are glad. ...

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This man's main mission was to help enlighten people on the racial issues that were before them (Berry 5). ... They gave him the worst dormitory and a job on the newspaper reporting about the white fraternity parties. ... There, in Africa, he was treated like he was White and found that it was, in many ways, like reverse discrimination from what was in America. ... He once said, "Jazz to me is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America" (Berry 21). When Hughes returned to New York City in 1926, he became involved in the Harlem Renaissance, and published his first poet...

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