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Slavery
The enslavement of Africans in America. Most came through the columbian exchange. -
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Oral story telling / Vernacular tradition
The only way to pass down African American stories before they learned how to read and write. This was important so they could pass on culture. -
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Pan-Africaism and interest in African Heritage
The idea of moving all blacks back to Africa during slavery. This was an opiton because it would allow blacks to not assimilate to whites. -
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Phyllis Wheatley
American poet was the first ever published African American women.She was encouraged by her owners to write. -
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Abolitionist movement
The protest of slavery. Most were northerns from cities like Boston. These men and women helped fight for blacks and helped them escape through the underground railroad. -
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Frederick Douglas
Smart man who escaped slavery. After he escaped, he became a member of the aboltionist movement. He had many influential writings. -
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Frances Harper
American poet and author. She was also an important member of the abolitionist movement. She helped slaves escape on the Underground railroad. -
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Booker T Washington
Leader of African American community. He taught African Americans and his most important achieve was his view of segregation. He understood things could not change over night, so he called for gradual desegregation. -
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reconstruction
Rebuilding of the south after the civil war. African Americans tried to establish rights for themselves, but most of the time whites still oppressed them. -
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WEB DuBois
Co- founder of the NAACP, he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. He was a leader of the community and called for revoultion for the blacks. -
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Jim Crow era
Laws that that kept blacks segregated from whites. Most of the laws were inhumane and all were unequal. -
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Claude McKay
Born in Jamaica and he wrote a lot on social and politic concerns. He also focused on the teachings of the African Americans. He went to school with Booker T Washington. WEB DuBois was very passive about segregation, but Washington wanted blacks to rise against whites. Washington was considered to be more radical than DuBois who wanted peaceful resistance. He writes in sonnets which is ABAB for the first 12 lines. He wrote about radical ideas and wanted others to fight back. -
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Zora Neale Hurston
African American novelist who wrote: Their Eyes Were Watching God. She recieved much criticism, but she did not allow this to influence her. -
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Sterling Brown
He received a bachelors degree from Williams College and followed his fathers foot steps by teaching at Howard University for forty years. He also got his masters at Harvard. He became intrigued by African American folklore, but he also wrote critical essays. He did this for money because he cannot get his 2nd book of poems.
Ma Rainey was one of the earliest known American professional Blues singers and because she was one of the first of her time, she was named the Mother of the Blues. -
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Lanston Hughes
Lanston Hughes- regarded as one of the best American poets of the 20th century
1902 Joplin Missouri born
moved to Lawrence KS
learned from his grandmother
learned to be proud of his race from her
Negros speaks of rivers
talked about the American Dream
Let America be America again: he wants America to be free and equal
he attended columbia for one year before dropping out to focus on his writing
songwriter poet and novelist
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Countee Cullen
from Kentucky to harlem adopted by harlem minister Masters from Harvard Married daughter of WEB DuBois his poem "Heritage" explores how christian values and African American heritage compare with each other “From the Dark Tower” explains how we try to hide are pain in the dark but it is still seen -
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RIchard Wright
Influential author who wrote about controversial African American topics. His goal was to help the relationship between blacks and whites. -
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Migration
The migration of African Americans in rural areas to crowded cities in hopes of jobs. -
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Harlem Renaissance
During the 1920's, in Harlem, New York City, a black expression of culture through art, music and literature. -
Maya Angelou
Still alive today, Maya wrote a variety of music/ literature. She wrote many plays, movies, poems, novels and essays. She was active in the civil rights movement. One of her more famous plays, Look Away, won a Tony Award. -
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lorraine hansberry
Lorraine was the first african american women to write a play that one day was used for Broadway. She focused on the African American struggle and conversed with people like WEB DuBois. -
Toni Morrison
African American author who won the Nobel and Pulizter prizes. Song of Solomon is her most known work. -
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Amiri Baraka
Outspoken American writer. He would express his thoughts without sugar coating the ideas. He was a very influential man who helped the African American writing community. -
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Naturalism
The movement towards desegregation where Richard Wright started it with his book, Native Son. The movement was important because it helped assert black culture. -
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Everett C. Hoagland
Musican who played in a swinging style. He played in the 20's and 30's and played with some of the most famous musicans of the time.
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civil rights movement
The fight for equality between whites and blacks. The main part of this movement took part in the deep south. -
Black Arts Movement
Started by Amiri Baraka, the movement was to urge blacks to express themselves through art.