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    of its most prosperous years. With this confidence and energy‚ Americans led themselves into the 1920s with optimism‚ activity‚ and economic growth that lasted through the majority of the era. The Roaring Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Harlem Renaissance‚ and the Jazz Age: all names given to this famous era. America was rich. Wall Street was successful day after day with the stock market soaring. The 1920s was a time where tradition was tried and young men and women defied the traditionalist

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    Runnning Head: GENTRIFICATION Gentrification Ways of Knowing Las Professor: Research Paper December 2‚ 2013 Abstract To examine or explore the effects of gentrification‚ when a group of people of a particular Race is unable to maintain their resources; they are inevitably removed from their environment. There will become a new set of a particular race that will be able to maintain and perhaps create a different environment with

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    Missouri‚ was an important literary figure in the Harlem Renaissance (1920s - 1930s). Hughes is known to be a poet‚ social activist‚ novelist‚ playwrighter‚ and a columnist. He used his poetry to obtain a voice for the African - American culture. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ launched his literary career when first enrolled in Columbia University. Langston Hughes‚ born in Missouri‚ was one of the most important literary figures during the Harlem Renaissance

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    The Harlem Renaissance(Negro Movement) was during 1919-1929 in Harlem‚ New York. It was a time when African-Americans where able to express themselves through the arts. African-Americans fled from the south to the north because of unfair treatment. This “culture explosion” let African-Americans share their culture through music‚ literature‚ and art. A key figure during this time period is Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington was born April 29‚ 1899‚ in Washington‚ D.C. He was a famous jazz

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    poems: Let America Be America Again‚ Theme for English B‚ and Mother to Son we can see the historical period in which he lived. Times were hard in the 1900s‚ especially for a black man. His best know works are from the Harlem Renaissance Era and the Great Depression. The Harlem Renaissance a time where a new Black cultural exploded in the United States and the Great Depression is when America’s stock market crashed. Let America Be America Again was written in 1935 during the Great Depression. Hughes

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    The themes expressed in ‘Harlem’ are those of dreams‚ transience‚ and choices‚ which are expressed through the use of 6 rhetorical questions causing the reader to ponder their interpretation of dreams and come up with their own answer. The main theme of dreams is introduced in the

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a time period in Harlem in 1920. Billie Holiday was born on April 07‚ 1915 and died on July 17. Billie holiday was a great jazz singer. Strange Fruit was a good song. Billie Holiday once said‚ “If you copy it means you’re working without any real feeling” what she is saying that if you copy you have know feelings. Harlem Renaissance was a place to show people talent in the 1920’s. It started in the 1920’ s and ended 1930. It happened in Harlem‚ New York. The Harlem Renaissance

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    their own little communities. Harlem‚ New York was a black community in the north‚ many of the people having settled there because the north held many economic opportunities. Yet despite racism‚ cultures flourished. The Harlem Renaissance‚ a flowering of black culture in the 1920s‚ is a great example. Jazz music sprung up in the 20s‚ which lead to the popularity of people such as Louis Armstrong‚ Bessie Smith‚ and Duke Ellington. The Cotton Club‚ located in Harlem‚ was a popular site to hear some

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    was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance‚ and made the African American experience the subject of his writings‚ which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns (encyclopedia). In his poem “Theme for English B”‚

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    "Lansgton Hughes and Jesse B. Semple" In the early 1940s an African American writer by the name of Langston Hughes‚ who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance in New York‚ had established a character in his short story writings named Jesse B. Semple. Through these short stories he used this character to represent the black man of his times. However the question remains‚ is Jesse B. Semple an accurate representation of the black man of 1940s? This question can best be answered by looking at the

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