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Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Class site 2022

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Tag: utopia

Blog Post #3

Mythologies of a New Negro and a Black Utopia – Final

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Christopher Edwards

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

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