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    Life during the Harlem Renaissance was full of music‚ dancing‚ and different art forms. The Harlem Renaissance was an exciting era for African Americans. From music to writing‚ African American culture was spreading in the north‚ the mecca being Harlem in New York. This movement could not have happened without the Great Migration. The Great Migration was an emigration of 6 million African Americans from the south to the north. This move occurred because of a boll weevil epidemic that caused

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    concern‚ such as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes; from the Harlem Renaissance. Also Maya Angelou and Tupac Shakur from the modern writers. From the Harlem Renaissance‚ for example in the poem “Sympathy” (Dunbar) he explains how he knows how the caged bird feels because he himself feels like a caged bird trying to get out of this cage of social injustice for him and his fellow Black Americans. Another example of this is in the poem “I‚ too” (Hughes) he

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    reflected in her writing. Alice Walker and her now removed husband were the first interracial couple in Mississippi. Once a poet‚ Walker worked with other influential authors including Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Everyday Use tells the reader about the life experiences and struggles of heritage and acceptance through the eyes of African Americans. Sociology books do not explore the relationship of Americanized African American heritage vs. that of those that never left the motherland. Kate

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    die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes In the poem Dreams by Langston HughesHughes explores the idea that without dreams‚ life is without meaning. Hughes’s poem expresses that one can’t give up on dreams and without dreams life is a waste. Hughes first express the need for dream in the first 4 lines when he says: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird

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    Langston Hughes In question one‚ speaking of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ it asks about why the river is “apt metaphor for the human soul.” The answer to that question is because rivers map out areas‚ like the Euphrates is mentioned‚ well in the beginning of time the Euphrates was a pretty important river. Then Hughes talks about the Congo‚ Nile‚ Mississippi‚ and New Orleans River‚ thus detailing or mapping out man’s movement across the globe. Also notice that the author chooses rivers that have

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    English B’’” “Critical Essay on ‘Theme for English B’”‚ written by Chris Semansky‚ is just that: an analytical essay on Langston Hughes’ poem “Theme for English B”. The article is a dissection of the author’s insight on the subject matter. The paper provides a detailed assessment of the content of Langston Hughes’ work by providing the reader with perspective on Hughes’ possible thoughts about people and the way they view themselves as well as others and how it affects their own judgments about

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    II and the Great Depression‚ there was a cultural movement called the Harlem Renaissance. This movement gave the African-Americans hope that one day there would be equality. One of the most important leaders of this historical time period was Langston Hughes. He wrote many poems‚ novels‚ plays‚ and columns. Some of his works included “A Dream Deferred” and “Dreams.” The two poems are prime examples that can be compared and contrasted very easily. In “A Dream Deferred” and “Dreams”‚ there are multiple

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    the African American struggles were not a joke. In those times it symbolizes that it was still racism going on with our culture. We were losing our jobs‚ because we had people fighting for our rights‚ girls that were at the age of twelve had to quit school because they had to help out in their homes. This painting symbolizes a lot of things that was going on in the early and late 1960’s. As I said once before that the angel was there for many reasons as in comfort for the struggle‚ protection from the

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    "Salvation" written by Langston Hughes is the story of the author being "saved" at his local church when he was 13 years old and his thoughts on this event. Hughes uses descriptive narration to illustrate the scene of a church where he and other children are gathered with their families to participate in a religious activity. He talks about how his aunt has built up this day for him for quite some time‚ and is very excited for Langston to be saved. She had described a specific way that the process

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    artistic quality in this aspect of their culture as well. It was from such roots that many believe the early poets‚ writers‚ artists and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance arose from. The deep passion of the African-American soul‚ along with the struggles and

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