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Influence of the Harlem Renaissance in Society A group of people who had at one point held no power and position in society were now thriving in the nation, as they spread their culture and ideas. It was the start of an era known as the Harlem Renaissance. This was a more than a literary movement, it was a cultural movement based on pride in the Africa-American life. They were demanded civil and political rights (Stewart). The Harlem Renaissance changed the way African Americans were viewed by

as different thinkers feel that there are different methods in achieving African unity. Three great thinkers, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X, were all leaders of their own Pan-African movement which each contained their own element in achieving Pan-Africanism. DuBois took a more academic stance which included the utilization of the elites, whereas Garvey and Malcolm X were more so grassroots organizers as they believed in the bottom-up decision making rather than top-down. To commence

African Americans have been through so much since being uprooted from their home in Africa. Most people do not understand what happened to African Americans and they understand what they had to go through to be where they are today. It went from being kings in the comfort of their home to being thrown on a boat packed like sardines to be forced to work in the fields. The trip was a massacre itself because many did not make it due to the treatment from others. African Americans have always been treated

Red Scare After World War I and the Bolshevik Russian Revolution, Communists, people who supports or believes in the principles of communism, which is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, supporting class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person is paid according to their abilities and needs, overpowered Russia in 1917. The Americans feared the Communist ideas. The fear increased when millions of American workers went on strike in 1919. The Red Scare

BLACK IDENTITIES AND THE AMERICAN NATION There is a vast number of social issues facing the world as a whole. Yet, the debates on racial differences and politics are far from being resolved. For an example a number of authors argue that even though there are several privileges and rights which are assured by the United States Constitution as well as its subsequent amendments, and the laws that guarantee fundamental freedoms to all individuals, many people particularly; blacks have not gained their

Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican early civil rights activist was mostly known for his Back to Africa Movement were he believed all African Americans should migrate to Africa. He had many beliefs that extended into other reformed ideologies in the near future. To activists who spoke of separation and Black pride, Marcus Garvey was a very influential and convincing person. From the years 1954-1978 African American Civil Rights Movement Activists Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers’ actions

Marcus Garvey was a very important figure and public speaker for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest secular organization in African-American history, and African Communities League. He was the inspiration for a global mass movement, Garveyism, which inspired the Nation of Islam and the Rastafari movement. This Jamaican-born Black Nationalist was an inspirational figure for other civil rights leaders. Garvey’s

Malcolm X also known as Malcolm Little was born in 1925 and died in 1965. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise Little and Earl Little. When Malcolm was 4 years old when a group of KKK members smashed all the windows in his family's home. To protect his family Earl little moved them from Omaha to Wisconsin in 1926 and the Michigan in 1928. In 1929 Malcolm house got burned down by a racist mob. Two years later in 1931 Earl little’s body was discovered lying across the municipal streetcar tracks

Malcolm X Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925 In Omaha, Nebraska. His family had eight kids in it and his mother worked hard to care for all of them. His dad was working for civil rights and threats from the Black Legion, who were against blacks forced his family to move twice before Malcolm Little was four years old. In 1929 his home burned down and in 1931 his dad was found dead in the trolley tracks. Police think those were accidents but the Littles’ are certain Black Legion caused them

collective identity as a people, was none other than the Caribbean-born Marcus Garvey. Garvey, a social activist, was prominent in the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements. Theories developed by Garvey inspired millions as he lectured about self-reliance and liberation of blacks to embark on the back-to-Africa movement. Achieving the goal of black liberation fueled the arguments presented by Marcus Garvey. Garvey’s theory of Pan-Africanism proved to be a dominant force in the unification