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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When the Negro Was in Vogue Selected Comments by Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman Langston Hughes on Shuffle Along The 1920’s were the years of Manhattan’s black Renaissance. It began with Shuffle Along‚ Running Wild‚ and the Charleston. Perhaps some people would say even with The Emperor Jones‚ Charles Gilpin‚ and the tom-toms at the Provincetown. But certainly it was the musical revue‚ Shuffle Along‚ that gave a scintillating send-off to that Negro vogue in Manhattan‚ which reached
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Harlem is known internationally as the Black Mecca of the world. It is knowns as home to many races and ethnic groups. Those including the Dutch‚ Irish‚ German‚ Italian and Jewish. Harlem was originally settled by the Dutch in 1658‚ but was largely farmland and undeveloped territory for approximately 200 years. As New York’s population grew‚ residential and commercial expansion moved northward‚ and development of Harlem territory was evitable. In the 1880’s the elevated of the rail lines in Harlem
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During the Harlem Renaissance‚ the black body was considered exotic and the "flavor" of the week. Society had an obsession towards black women‚ in general‚ blackness. However‚ the white race wanted to listen to their music‚ mingle with the women‚ and enjoy the other finer luxuries that the black society could afford. Even the art was captured by this idea of the exotic and contentment in being "black." The masquerade began as members of the white race tried to pass as black and during that experience
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an evaluation of the unemployment and drug dealing situation in East Harlem New York. It is based on five years of ethnographic data that was collected by the anthropologist‚ Dr. Philippe Bourgois of the University of Pennsylvania. As the social worker assigned to this evaluation‚ I have collaborated with Dr. Bourgois to give an anthropological explanation behind the high rates of unemployment and drug dealing in East Harlem. This report is based on the experiences of a man who worked within the
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mostly former slaves who move from the south to northern cities‚ like New York and Chicago.This all started before World War I which was technically the first migration.This also took place during prohibitions . The migrations also led to the Harlem Renaissance. The Great Depression came in during the 30’s and that’s when it ended the first wave of migration because everyone was suffering. The second wave of migration came in after the second world war.They mostly moved because of Jim Crow laws being
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Harlem Analysis Langston Hughes short poem‚ “Harlem‚” seeks to understand what happens to a dream when it is put on hold. Hughes uses vivid imagery and similes to make an effort to describe what the consequences are to a dream that is lost. He attempts to bring to the attention the life of a Negro and how so many dreams are put off to the side because of prejudice against African Americans. The tone‚ imagery‚ and diction of Langston Hughes poem‚ “Harlem‚” will be discussed in this paper. “Harlem”
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That gave African Americans a new identity. Before the Harlem Renaissance‚ they did not have an identity. African Americans were not a priority and they were overlooked. With the Harlem Renaissance‚ they were someone with a voice. Young black intellectuals was a group of educated black men who led the Harlem Renaissance. There are two people that are huge forces during this time period. W. E. B. Du Bois created the NAACP to fight for free
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Invaders? Gentrification is affecting the African American community in Harlem negatively because it is slowly wiping out black owned businesses. A lot believe it negatively changes the culture of neighborhoods. People might argue that it creates more jobs and brings in a more educated and wealthier population to the area being gentrified‚ which can improve the community in the long run. Gentrification is the enemy of the poor‚ and does little to aid those who are forced to move out. Those
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Wendy King English 098-SP120 Adrienne Lewis-Wagner 14 May 2013 Peanuts Harlem Shake I am going to describe what I saw when I watched the "Peanuts Harlem Shake" video. The Harlem shake is a dance where one person dances alone for fifteen seconds‚ then a roomfull of people joins in doing crazy gyrating manically dance movements. Sometimes in costumes with random objects sometimes not. The reason I choose this one is because it reminds me of when I was a
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