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Read Locke’s The New Negro and apply two of his characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance to one work from the other readings by Hughes, McKay, or Hurston. In what ways does the selection you chose convey the ideas in Locke’s definition?

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Ambrose

Read Locke’s “The New Negro” and apply two of his characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance to one work from the other readings by Hughes, McKay, or Hurston. In what ways does the selection you chose convey the ideas in Locke’s definition?

Read: Langston Hughes “Song for a Dark Girl”; “Harlem”; “Weary Blues”:Discuss the theme of pessimism in the three assigned Hughes’ poems.

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Ambrose

The Weary BluesDroning a drowsy syncopated tune,Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other nightBy the pale dull pallor of an old gas lightHe did a lazy sway . . .He did a lazy sway . . .To the tune o’ those Weary Blues. With […]

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