Posts tagged with Harlem Renaissance

On The Second Day Of Kwanzaa: Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

0 comments, 27/12/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, Do The Knowledge, ipad, iphone, ipod

KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination)- to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves! The Kujichagulia Principle:: “Commitment, duty, and responsibility to speak and act in the interest of African Americans and the human good.” Kujichagulia... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Annie Spencer (Day 29)

0 comments, 29/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Annie Spencer Annie Bethel Spencer was a poet and active participant in the New Negro Movement and Harlem Renaissance period. Anne was the first Virginian and first African-American to have her poetry included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry. Also an activist ... Read more...

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Dorothy West (Day 28)

0 comments, 28/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Dorothy West Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family. Dorothy,s principal contribution to the Harlem Renaissance was to publish the maga... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Alain Locke (Day 21)

0 comments, 21/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Alain Locke Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke a writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance". His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy a... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Jean Toomer (Day 17)

0 comments, 17/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Jean Toomer Jean Toomer a poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His first book Cane is considered by many as his most significant. Toomer's papers and unpublished manuscripts are held by the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Some of Toomer’s works are C... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Langston Hughes (Day 8)

0 comments, 08/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Blair History Month, General, my people

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes a poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the peri... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Nella Larsen (Day 5)

0 comments, 05/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

Nella Larsen Nella Larsen was a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance. She published two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, she nevertheless earned recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics. Some of Larsen’s works include Quicksand,... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Zora Neale Hurston (Day 16)

1 comment, 16/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month

Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In 1925, the Harlem Renaissa... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Harlem Renaissance (Day 12)

0 comments, 12/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Freeing Slaves

Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. Though it was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, many French-speaking Black writers from African and... Read more...