Josiah Strong’s declaration of the success of the Anglo-Saxon race was influenced by the writings of Charles Darwin with his publications on the theory of evolution by natural selection. More specifically‚ Josiah Strong embraced the idea of social darwinism‚ an application of Darwin’s theory on the origin of species to success in society. He attributes the success of whites to subdue others and enforce institutions around the world is because of an innate superiority over other races. White supremacy
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The 1920’s was filled with new ideas and concepts‚ much of which was disenchanted. Wealth and prosperity were two words that came to mind when one thought of the 1920’s. Anyone would love to have wealth and prosperity because it would provide them with better lives and would complete their American Dream. This era has many names such as‚ the Roaring Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Jazz Age‚ and the Lost Generation. The Jazz Age‚ another name for the 1920’s‚ was the age when music became more popular
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NAACP Interview Synthesis For over 100 years our country’s chief social equality association has battled for human rights‚ voting rights‚ monetary rights. The NAACP’s expressed objective was to work to secure the rights ensured in the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth revisions to the United States Constitution. From its initiation in 1909 until today the NAACP keeps on pushing forward in political‚ financial‚ and social issues. Today the NAACP has multiple different programs and sub-organizations
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“Success is to be measure no so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” No one exemplified or understood this statement more than its author‚ Mr. Booker T. Washington. Washington was born a plantation slave on April 4th‚ 1856. Until the emancipation proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863‚ Booker lived as a lowly‚ unknowing slave boy on Franklin County‚ Virginia. After he was freed from slavery‚ Booker began
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In the 1920’s New York was more important to jazz than Chicago. Although Chicago had this larger than life aspect Giola says it was often less glamorous and that the “nightspots were often makeshift rather than opulent” New york‚ on the other hand‚ African Americans created these new societies with the development of Harlem. New york was the 2nd most segregated city and this lead to black living in congested areas one of which being Harlem. Harlem was overpopulated with African American living in
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Powell’s overall thesis is‚ “The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and psychological water-shed‚ and era in which black people were perceived as having finally liberated themselves from a past fraught with self-doubt and surrendered instead to an unprecedented optimism‚ a novel pride in all things black and a cultural confidence that stretched beyond the borders of Harlem to other black communities in the Western world.” Powell’s overall point in this article is the beauty of the Harlem Renaissance
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Arna Bontemps Arna Bontemps was a poet with many talents. Arna had multiple degrees in various subjects‚ such as history‚ science‚ and literature. He was a skilled poet and writer. He wrote many poems as well as novels. He also had many accomplishments such as becoming a poet‚ critic‚ historian‚ novelist‚ and a librarian in his lifetime. Like many intellectuals‚ Bontemps ended up in New York during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating‚ Ana moved to New York‚ and was offered a teaching
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Harlem by Langston Hughes is one of his most famous poems he has ever written. I chose this poem because it shows the struggle African Americans faced in the 1920s and early 1930s. This poem represents what can happen to a dream if it is not chased after and is forgotten. Langston Hughes uses metaphors‚ imagery‚ and format to guide the reader to the message behind the poem. This poem is a free verse and an irregular meter poem. It is made almost entirely of questions. The questions are asked in
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"Much of the creative work of the period was guided by the ideal of the Negro which signified a range of ethical ideals that often emphasize and intensified a higher sense of group and social cohesiveness... The writers ... literally expected liberation .... from their work and were perhaps the first group of Afro- American writers to believe that art could radically transform the artist and attitudes of other human beings".
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The Life and Poems of Langston Hughes When reading the literature of Langston Hughes‚ I can’t help but feeling energetically charged and inspired. Equality‚ freedom‚ empowerment‚ renaissance‚ justice and perseverance‚ are just a taste of the subject matter Hughes offers. He amplifies his voice and beliefs through his works which are firmly rooted in race pride and race feeling. Hughes committed himself to writing and to writing mainly about African Americans. Langston Hughes’s stories deal with
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