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    Intro The Harlem Renaissance lasted from 1918 to 1937, and was the most influential movement of people of African American culture. It mostly involved literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts. African Americans were trying to re-conceptualize white people’s outlooks on them as a whole. White people had plenty of stereotypes toward African Americans. They were racist toward them and had animosity toward them as well. White people always had African American people as slaves throughout history

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    They faced discrimination, segregation, limited educational opportunities, and a tenant farming system that only slightly differed from slavery. In the early twentieth century, visionaries such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey recognized the urgent need for change. These great leaders were in agreement that action was required to uplift the African American race. However, their philosophies on how to approach it were vastly different. Born a slave on a Virginia farm,

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    other races. According to Marcus Garvey, the “Negro’s greatest enemy” were white people and politicians. Essentially, politicians, of every race, were blocking his efforts. Garvey communicated that there was no solution to this problem, unless black people created their own country. This would have given them economical and social freedom. Since God was their inspiration, it was always intended that everyone was free, and not was not to be enslaved by others. Garvey thought that no one should ever

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    The 1920’s were a time of change for African Americans. They were beginning to retain a sense of pride in their background and culture, were becoming more independent socially and economically, and were becoming more militant. Part of this was because of the Great Migration, in which a proliferation of African Americans moved from the Southern states to the Northern states, and the excessive levels of racism and prejudice they faced during the process. African Americans were really starting to make

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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X is the story of Malcolm X, an African American male growing up in the United States in the mid-1900's. At this time in America prejudice and segregation were widespread and much a part of everyday life. Malcolm takes the reader through his experiences with American society, which rejects him. This rejection, along with the inferiority cast upon all Black Americans, forces these males to search for acceptance. They are forced

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    Your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. All Apex Learning products require JavaScript. | 1.2.3 Practice: The UNIA and the NAACP | Practice Assignment | | | | | U.S. History since the Civil War Sem 2 (S3234741) | s | | | Points possible: 30 | Date: | | May 3, 2016 Mrs. Montry Period 6 US History Your Assignment Your assignment is to compare the missions of the UNIA and the NAACP and write about each organization’s approaches to confronting discrimination. You will

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    2. A ship is a significant term regarding the context of diasporic culture because it is a vehicle which can move between various places. Ideally, it could be used as a tool to explore one’s identity. The image of the ship is utilized in almost all the texts which we have read thus far this semester, from texts such as Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem to the opening scenes of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God to Marcus Garvey’s essays and speeches in Philosophy and Opinion. Where ships

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    Malcolm X Movie Analysis

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    The film grants audiences to gestate their understanding of the movie and the manner experiences antiquated regarding racial violence and prejudice. The ineptitude of history implies to the intellectual chattels that chronicles and culture can have on all progeny. Malcolm Little would ultimately revolutionize into his worst adversary, that entangled with the decisions he would subsequently make. Malcolm's philosophic mentality and provocation with death was indicative to his life. The remarkable

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    you complete your MTSU degree and in your future vocation or chosen field. Marcus Garvey stated, “ A person without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without a root.” I majored in Africana Studies hoping that I will receive the education and knowledge that will be able to fill the blank spots left in my mind by the African American history untold. Malcolm X, along with Garvey also believed that people who are not properly educated in their history or culture

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    Malcolm Little Struggles

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    His mother named Louise Norton Little and father Earl Little. He was the fourth oldest out of 8 siblings. Malcolm’s mother was a housewife and his father was a Baptist minister who was a also a strong supporter of the black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earl Little was heavily involved with the civil rights activism, so his family faced harassment by white supremacist groups. As the result of the harassment Earl Little was killed, forcing the remaining Little family to move throughout Boston, Flint

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