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    working to diminish black suppression through persuasive intellectual writing and speeches. Their work inspired the black people of America, which heavily contributed to their migration North, and more specifically, to the cities. In Harlem, the most northern Manhattan sector in New York City, the population was mainly of color, making it a destination point for

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    7-2 Final Project 1 Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston was one of the greatest authors in the Harlem Renaissance era, and it saddened me to discover that she died before seizing the benefits of her literary work of arts. Ms. Hurston was often criticized for her substantial use of southern country dialect and folk dialogue; she was a master at creating realistic African-American works of fiction. Hurston’s style of narrative is divided into direct and indirect dialogue. In her writing, she would

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    The New Negro Movement, also known as The Harlem Renaissance, was a time in the early twentieth century where African Americans embraced literature, music, theatre, and visual arts (Alchin). They were inspired and gave inspiration to many blacks in the community. The Great Migration was the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance – it is, where it began the most significant movement in the black history. After World War I, “more than six million African Americans” traveled from “the rural South to the

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    Education as a Part of the Harlem Renaissance In 1917, the United States found itself buried in a conflict with many different nations. Labeled as World War I, the United States goal was to support the fight for democracy across the world. As the war progressed, there was a need to fulfill many jobs due to the labor shortages that the North had been experiencing. To be more exact, the North received a major labor blow, due to the large enlistment of men into the Army. The draft also helped

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    Literature…Freedom. The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement that began in the 1920s and continued until the early 1930s, brought excitement and a new found freedom and voice to the African-Americans who had been silent and oppressed for far too long. “Centered on the Harlem district of New York City, the Harlem Renaissance was part of a nationwide urban revolution sparked by World War I. The cultural outburst, which followed the dramatic influx of Southern blacks into Northern cities during and after

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    The Harlem Renaissance

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement, in the early 1920’s, that involved vibrancies of new life, ideas, and perceptions. The large migration of African Americans northward, after World War I, allowed people of color the opportunity to collaborate in the New York City neighborhood, known as Harlem. This renaissance allowed the city to thrive on a refined understanding and appreciation of the arts. Many individuals were involved in this movement including doctors, students, shopkeepers,

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    The Harlem Renaissance is better known as, “The New Negro Movement” began in the 1920’s. It was a product of centuries of African American suffering and oppression especially in southern states and their subsequent migration to northern states. As White supremacy began increasing in the south, Jim Crow laws involving segregation of African Americans did as well. Thousands of African Americans began migrating from the south to the urban northern states, specifically New York. This movement is known

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    interests were increasingly directed toward the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. ______ 11) What economic policy encouraged the development of colonies, particularly by northern Europe countries? A) Socialism B) Boycotts C) Free trade D) Communism E) Mercantilism ______ 12) The dominant commercial nations of northern Europe comprised the __________ zone of the world economy. ______ A) core B) dependent C) peripheral D) free trade E) negative trade ______ 13) Dependence in the

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    the Celts and the Ligures which inhabited northern Italy, and many others – were Indo-European peoples; the main historic peoples of non-Indo-European heritage include the Etruscans, the Elymians and Sicani in Sicily and the prehistoric Sardinians. Between the 17th and the 11th centuries BC Mycenaean Greeks established contacts with Italy and in the 8th and 7th centuries BC Greek colonies were established all along the coast of Sicily and the southern

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    Essay on The Harlem Renaissance

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    The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance refers to a prolific period of unique works of African-American expression from about the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression. Although it is most commonly associated with the literary works produced during those years, the Harlem Renaissance was much more than a literary movement; similarly, it was not simply a reaction against and criticism of racism. The Harlem Renaissance inspired, cultivated, and, most importantly, legitimated

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