Category: literature
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Text and Meaning in Langston Hughes’ The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (part 1) – by Aberjhani
Harlem Renaissance author Langston Hughes typing a manuscript at his desk. (photo credit: Everett Collection) “We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. The tom-tom cries and the tom-tom laughs.”––Langston Hughes Among the superstars who recently joined late-night television talk show host Arsenio Hall on the set of his newly-revived…
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Text and Meaning in Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (part 1 of 3) – National African-American Art | Examiner.com
10th anniversary digital graphic for Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Postered Poets based on original cover by Facts on Fact with art by Jacob Lawrence. “The story of African Americans was crafted anew into a poignant commentary on individual and group progress under great pressure, a story that…
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George Zimmerman Verdict Counters Notion of Post-Racial America
Protesters weigh in Los Angeles weigh in on Zimmerman “not guilty” verdict. (Reuters photo by Jason Redmond) Many eyes blinked dumbly, like those of someone realizing they have just been stabbed, and people’s heads shook in slow disbelief when the announcement came Saturday night, July 13, 2013, that George Zimmerman,…
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Kindle Edition of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Released – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
(embossed art rendering of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance courtesy of Bright Skylark Lit Prods) Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, first published by Facts On File in 2003 and through Infobase Publishing in 2010, is now available as a Kindle Edition on Amazon and that is big news for a…
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