Mary E. Jimoh Black History Month Speech February 1‚ 2014 Langston Hughes In honor of Black History Month‚ I’ve selected Langston Hughes as the figure I would write about‚ because through his poetry; Hughes displayed to America‚ the world through the eyes of African Americans living in Harlem‚ in the rough 1920s. The poet‚ lyricist‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist‚ was born on February 1‚ 1902‚ in Joplin Missouri‚ to James Hughes and Carrie Langston
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vote‚ congress passed the 15th amendment‚ which made it legal for blacks to vote. Even with the right to vote blacks were suppressed by and scared out of voting be the Klu Klux Klan which used tactics such a lynchings to scare blacks of voting. Ida B. Wells was a black journalist who exposed lynchings in the U.S.
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson was the son of former African slaves James and Eliza Riddle Woodson. He earned his master’s degree at the University of Chicago in 1908 and received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University in 1912. During one of his lectures‚ he was surprised to hear that the Negro has no history. Instead of being angry Dr. Woodson set in motion what is now called Black History month. Many of the nineteenth-century anthologies of Africa are used as books to supplement the study of European
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the barriers of the black community and their adversities fighting for equality of an era of oppression. Under the pressure of a judgmental society‚ Hughes reflects the limitations that once haunted them during Jim Crowism post Harlem Renaissance (A&E‚ biography). With the use of figurative language and symbolism‚ Hughes successfully conveys a negative connotation of black oppression of the 20th century. Hughes focuses and elaborates on the struggles of black oppression with symbolism and figurative
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Reservations 36. Transcontinental railroad 37. Reason people moved west 38. Homestead Act 39. Assimilate Problems of the “Gilded Age” 40. W.E.B. DuBois 41. Booker T. Washington 42. Chinese Exclusion Act 43. Susan B. Anthony 44. Problems for farmers after Civil War 45. Populist party 46. Supporters of Populism 47. William Jennings Bryan EXTENDED RESPONSE 1. The time period‚ 1877-1897‚ is known as the “Gilded Age”. Why is it called
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Irene Dublin Professor Dr. Lauren Braun-Strumfels History 202: U.S. History from 1877 to the Present March 3‚ 2015 Although by definition each groups meaning of freedom is the same‚ however‚ the freedoms each group needed were different. Freedom for African-Americans meant that they would have the same equal rights as those that White Americans had. For factory workers‚ freedom meant that they would have unions and better pay. For women‚ freedom meant that they would have the same freedoms as men
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in the first two decades of the 1800s‚ the successful Boston merchant Paul Cuffee supported the repatriation of a least two groups of emigrants at his own expense. Prominent African Nationalists of that time include Henry Sylvester Williams‚ Edward W. Bylden‚ Benito Sylvain‚ Orishatukeh Faduma‚ and Mojola Agbebi. A good article to read about this subject is “Pan-Negro Nationalism in the New World Before 1862” by Hollis R. Lynch. But aside from those luminaries‚ many scholars point to two particular
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Langston Hughes Research Paper James Langston Hughes is one of the best authors because he was one of the innovators of jazz poetry‚ he was a major influence to people throughout the world‚ he is nothing less than a historical figure because of the Harlem Renaissance‚ and finally he was one of the most diverse writers to ever pick up a pen. Throughout his life he proved to people that he is one of the greatest ever. Although being one of the best may not have been his primarily focus‚ he managed
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poets/writers in the modern era. One of his most notable works was a series of fictional short stories called Tales of Simple. In these tales‚ Hughes uses symbolism to express his feelings and views on African American history through the character Jesse B. Semple. In literary terms‚ the word “symbolism” is defined as being a person‚ object or event that suggests more than its literal meaning. In Langston Hughes’ “Tales of Simple”‚ the author uses the main character’s name‚ feet and view on a type of Jazz
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Cited: Baym‚ Nina. The Norton Anthology of American Literature.: Package 2 : 1865 to the Present. London: W W Norton &‚ 2007. Print. (1) Hughes‚ Langston. The Big Sea: An Autobiography. New York: Hill and Wang‚ 1963. Print (2) Hughes‚ Langston. "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (1926)." The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain by Langston Hughes
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