If you’re an American, the phrase “land of opportunity” is very familiar, and depending on how patriotic you are it may be a phrase that’s close to your heart. First used during the western expansion, the Homestead Act offered people of all races the opportunity to move west and claim government land for cheap to… Continue reading Harlem: The Land of Opportunity
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
While reading the Opportunity by Charles Johnson the passages that stood out to me were The Corner By Eunice Hunton Carter(pg 114) and The High Cost of Keeping the Negro Inferior By John C. Wright (pg 116) because of the element of perspective each passage held. How in Carter’s The Corner from the very beginning… Continue reading blog post 3 draft 2
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
Harlem being dubbed as the “New Mecca for Negros” is very indicative of the kinds of mindsets of some of the people who moved there. Typically, when people think of the Harlem Renaissance they think of the abundant contributions by black people in the arts, media, literature, and music. In all of these forms of… Continue reading Man, Martyr, Moses, Menace, or Just Marcus
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