In The Crisis, Survey Graphic, Opportunity, and perhaps the majority of black writing to come out of this time period exists not only a similar goal of the advancement of the black race, but also a yearning for a higher, more perfect way of being and living. It was not enough for Black thinkers at… Continue reading Mythologies of a New Negro and a Black Utopia – Final
The progress of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance was changing in the “Social Progress” in the Opportunity Magazine. African Americans have been achieving and succeeding with art, music, writing, and education. Around this time African Americans have been acknowledged and received recognition to expand and increase their culture and to gain respect and to advocate… Continue reading Fighting for New Identity in the Social Progress during the Harlem Renaissance
The progress of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance was changing in the “Social Progress” in the Opportunity Magazine. African Americans have been achieving and succeeding with art, music, writing, and education. Around this time African Americans have been acknowledged and received recognition to expand and increase their culture and to gain respect and to… Continue reading Blog post 3 draft pt 2
Chapter 2 of Word, Image, and the New Negro : Representation and Identity in the Harlem Renaissance Anne Elizabeth Carroll assesses Black representation in The Opportunity, and it’s dedication to objectivity. In it, she explains that The Opportunity’s editor, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, felt objectivity was necessary for “challenging assumptions about why African Americans were leaving the… Continue reading Harlem and the New White Man’s Burden — blog 3 (Final)
In The Crisis, Survey Graphic, Opportunity, and perhaps the majority of black writing to come out of this time period exists not only a similar goal of the advancement of the black race, but also a yearning for a higher, more perfect way of being and living. It was not enough for black thinkers at… Continue reading Mythologies of a New Negro and a Black Utopia
The January 1920 cover of The Crisis, featuring a a photograph of a black woman in a head wrap smiling, clearly stands out among the magazine’s cover images. Though many of the magazine’s covers feature women, only a small number of them are photographs rather than illustrations, and an even smaller number feature the woman… Continue reading Blog Post #1: Woman of Santa Lucia and The Young Graduate
The January 1920 cover of The Crisis, featuring a a photograph of a black woman in a head wrap smiling, clearly stands out among the magazine’s cover images. Though many of the magazine’s covers feature women, only a small number of them are photographs rather than illustrations, and an even smaller number feature the woman… Continue reading Woman of Santa Lucia