The People, Leisure, and Culture of Blacks During the Harlem
It seems unfair that the pages of our history books or even the lecturers in majority of classrooms speak very little of the accomplishments of blacks. They speak very little of a period within black history in which many of the greatest musicians, writers, painters, and influential paragon'’ emerged. This significant period in time was known as the Harlem Renaissance. Blacks attained the opportunity to work at “upper-class” jobs, own their own homes, and establish status among themselves. To no ones surprise, they still were not accepted into the so called “upper-class’ of white society, but they neither worried nor became distressed over the fact. They created societies of their own which opened doors for blacks to attain opportunities that were absolutely unheard of, just before the Renaissance. It was from this same society where the beautiful melodies of jazz emerged. Colleagues and peers of their own race, which created a powerful bond between them, accepted Blacks. The attitudes which prompted the movement were those that came about because of the beginning of : (1) the nationalist tendencies of the time, (2) the movement of black Americans from slavery to freedom and from rural to city living, (3) Afro- Americans renewed p
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Approximate Word count = 5020
Approximate Pages = 20 (250 words per page double spaced)
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