Title: The Harlem Renaissance And The Civil Rights Movement - 1088 Words | Cram
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The Harlem Renaissance And The Civil Rights Movement
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Content: This is revealed in Zora Neale Hurston’s writing, because she uses Southern vernacular as well as Harlem slang, to the disdain of other African American authors. Dialect like this: “ You jes wave dat rake at dis heah yahd, madam… (17), is used by Hurston to celebrate the rural, southern African-American. Rather than focus on the everyday injustices black suffered as a result of racism in American society, she utilized the theme of black folk culture in her works to demonstrate that blacks did, in fact, enjoy their own culture that aptly represented communal life, oral traditions in folk tales, and music. Once the black community accepts themselves, they no longer find themselves inferior to the white community. This will later fuel their desire for civil equality in the …show more content…
The United States began to see the black community as a serious source of literature, art, and especially music. Before now, whites had a virtual monopoly on the arts. In the face of opposition, black artists make literature and art to reflect their feelings of desired freedom. Several themes emerged in an effort to recapture the African American past—its rural southern roots, urban experience, and African heritage. The exploration of black southern heritage was reflected in novels by Zora Neale Hurston.