flourishing undulation of sentiment. Have you ever considered the activists in the black community who were able to do so in spite of the educational‚ and societal misfortune they endured? Langston Hughes was at the forefront of written expression during Harlem Renaissance. It was a time of a proverbial rebirth. The black community was seeing an in fulmination of the fine arts‚ and with that they had a platform to discuss relevant events in their communities. Langston Hughes rectified the way African Americans
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The culture of the Middle ages to the Renaissance profoundly affected European life; in art‚ literature‚ and astronomy. During the Middle Ages people did not live very long; so the people believed very strongly in religion. The artist painted all religious figures and the paintings were very dull and did not have any perspective. The Renaissance brought in a new era of paintings and sculptures. The artists started to paint with detail such as expressions‚ muscles in the body‚ and making every feature
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The victorian era was an era of many advancements. Technical advancements‚ industrial advancements‚ and importantly‚ fashionable advancements. In the 1800s women wore modest yet flamboyant clothes. Regal looking but wild in pattern. In a time where a woman’s body is what made her or broke her‚ she sure did have some nice clothes. Victorian clothes were conservative and stiff‚ but as we delve into the past to look at these great fashions‚ you’ll see that these clothes were not only for other people
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The late 1800’s to the early 1900’s is known as America’s Progressive Era. During this time‚ big businesses were giving Americans more opportunities than ever before. However‚ within the big businesses people were mistreated and overlooked. This led to many groups trying to solve the problems caused by big industries. These groups sought out the problems such as lengthy work days‚ lack of disability‚ no paid holidays‚ no safety codes‚ and pay cuts. America had a philosophy that allows businesses
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Many people believe men played the most important role in this era‚ but women were just as equally helpful. If it weren’t for what women did then‚ things would not be the same now. Women played just as important roles as men did. Without women‚ men couldn’t have done some of the important things they did back in this time. The first major example of this was women volunteering their time to nurse and aid injured soldiers during war‚ like the Civil War. Women started fundraising to raise money
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referred to as the Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. Generally speaking‚ the Renaissance spanned from the 14th to the 16th centuries‚ spreading across Europe from its birthplace in Italy. During the Middle Ages‚ Italy was not the unified country that it is today. The Italian Peninsula was instead made up of a number of independent city-states‚ most of which were ruled by powerful families. The period of time during which the European Renaissance fell was between
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Though the Civil War set the stage for the abolition of slavery‚ changes for blacks in America were slow and often met with resistance. The Reconstruction Era was expected to reunify the country and the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments made to the constitution‚ passed between 1868 and 1870‚ were intended to assure that African Americans maintained their freedom‚ ability to vote‚ and equal protection under the law. However‚ this period introduced greater social divides and an extreme
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For years‚ men and women have shared the same rights that every American citizen can expect to have. By being a citizen‚ one would expect that one’s government would grant those rights to every legal citizen. However‚ it has only been about ninety six years since men and women have stood on equal grounds. The fight for equal rights did not start until the late 1890’s as the beginnings of the Progressive Movement emerged. Many leaders rose up so that their voices could be heard across the nation.
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“The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century” (Renaissance History‚ 2008). It is a French word for rebirth. It also a revival of the classical art and intellect of Ancient Greece and Rome. The art in the Renaissance time was more life-like and contained perspective. (Interactive Schooling‚ 2013). It was perceived as a "rebirth" of ancient traditions‚ and later on it was a tradition. Some famous artists from the Renaissance were Leonardo
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The time in America from 1865 to 1877 was known as the Reconstruction period. President Lincoln had been assassinated by John Wilkes Booth‚ but prior to that‚ he had given the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant all of the slaves in the South were free American Citizens. However‚ his successor Andrew Johnson was a Southern Democrat who had sympathy for the South. When he took his role in office‚ the South was almost completely off the hook. He passed southern state legislators which were called
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