Harlem Renaissance — origins?
Cultural movement post-Reconstruction celebrating Black identity.
Great Migration — purpose?
Black Americans moved North seeking opportunities and escaping violence.
Harlem as cultural hub — role?
Center for Black arts, institutions, and social activism.
NAACP — founding year?
1909, to fight racial discrimination and lynching.
The Crisis — significance?
Black-owned magazine promoting literature, art, and social issues.
Harlem Renaissance — main goal?
Celebrate Black culture, challenge stereotypes, foster pride.
African roots — symbolized by?
Rivers like Nile and Congo linking Black Americans to Africa.
Langston Hughes — style?
Vernacular, blues/jazz rhythms, focus on Black working class.
Poetry as protest — purpose?
Challenge racial injustice and express Black resilience.
Hughes’s use of 'I' — meaning?
Represents collective Black voice and identity.
Blues and jazz — influence?
Shape rhythm, tone, and improvisation in Hughes’s poetry.
Racial discrimination — themes?
Segregation, lynching, prejudice, and systemic violence.
African heritage — expressed through?
Imagery of rivers, civilizations, water symbolism.
Poetry as social commentary — example?
Hughes’s works critique racism, poverty, and oppression.
American Dream — critique?
Exposed racial inequalities and false promises for Black Americans.
Cultural pride — promoted by?
Harlem Renaissance art, literature, and organizations like Locke.
Poetic techniques — common?
Anaphora, broken rhythms, vernacular language, musicality.
Harlem Renaissance — key organizations?
NAACP, Urban League, *The Crisis* magazine.
Hughes’s influence — significance?
Revolutionized American poetry, centered Black experience.
Water symbolism — meaning?
Rebirth, identity, African roots, fluidity of culture.
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