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    passenger stations on the Jersey Central line. Today the Terminal is the focus of community and statewide special events. Interpretive exhibits are on display, offering present day visitors the opportunity to experience both the history and the renaissance of this great landmark. The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal was opened in 1889. It was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s. It filed for bankruptcy three times; in 1939, 1947 and on March 22, 1967 the Central Railroad of New Jersey

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    1920s Negatives

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    made advances like the Harlem Renaissance and the new role of women appear in

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    and 1970, more than 6 million African Americans left southern cities and migrated North. This influx of African Americans created a time period known as the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement of the 1920s in Harlem, New York. During this time period, African Americans exercised a new found freedom of expression, which led to extensive achievements in art, music, and literature. The Great Migration influenced the Harlem Renaissance because when they migrated North they were able to express

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    beginning of the renaissance era. Italy is often considered the heart of the renaissance, with art flourishing and great writers and artists being produced. From Italy, their blooming of art caught the interest of ancient Greece and Rome. The renaissance era started a new chapter in Italy and was the cause of many great changes and innovations in Italy. While they were forced to change by multiple invasions, by the 14th century Italy began to make their own changes during the renaissance era, causing

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    their skin but by the content of their character. ' ' (1) However, it was difficult for African American to get the freedom. The 1776 Declaration of Independence announced that everyone are equal and freedom.But black slavery still occurred in the southern states of America. Then the Civil War broke out, African American kept struggling for land and political rights.

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    What is Culture?

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    Greeks, Turks, Jews and Northern European Germanic tribes. Not the least of these influential cultures was the organic Roman culture that dominated this region for nearly a thousand years. With the immigration of eastern European and African peoples, this ethnic mixing continues even today. The Italian peninsula is located in southern Europe and dominated by three distinct geographical features: mountains, hill country, and a river valley. The Alps insulate Italy’s northern border from other European

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    The Harlem Renaissance created a new racial identity for African-Americans living in the United States, after the First World War. This new racial identity caused the African-Americans to become a nation within the United States. A nation is defined as a group of people that share common language, ethnicity, history, and culture. A nation of people may or may not have sovereignty. Harlem, a neighbourhood in Manhattan, New York City, emerged as the “race capital”1 for African-Americans living in the

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    Also known as The New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was an abstract and scholarly blooming that encouraged African American social character in the 1920s and 1930s. The movement was mainly caused by racial tensions in the southern United States after World War I. Many of the African-Americans who had served in World War I were angered by the prejudice that they confronted when they came back. Furthermore, the African Americans working in farms had very low pay. Even though they did backbreaking

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    Henry Viii Influence

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    France, the late 16th and early 17th century was marked for fighting in wars involved with northern Italy. This interaction ended up bringing art styles back to France from Italy. The Italian Renaissance is known for having a strong influence on French art. This originated when Charles VIII returned from Naples accompanied by several Italian artists. Three kings had a great influence in French Renaissance expression, Francois I, Henry II and Louis VIII. The culture in France during the French enlightenment

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    The abolition of slavery in the United States presented southern African Americans with many new opportunities, including the option of relocation in search of better living conditions. The mass movement of black people from the rural areas of the South to the cities of the North, known as the Black Migration, came in the 1890s when black men and women left the south to settle in cities such as Philadelphia and New York, fleeing from the rise of Jim Crowe Laws and searching for work. This migration

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