“I too sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes. But I laugh and eat well and grow strong. Tomorrow I will be at the table when company comes. Nobody will dare say to me eat in the kitchen. Then besides they will see how beautiful we are and be ashamed …I too am America."- Langston Hughes
This quote is representing the cruelty and the oppression Negros suffered with whites. Then the quote explains that the Negro will no longer have to suffer with the oppression of the whites and that they will be happily free, it gives us insight on what the people will soon come to realize and think about after this event.
This quote is representing the cruelty and the oppression Negros suffered with whites. Then the quote explains that the Negro will no longer have to suffer with the oppression of the whites and that they will be happily free, it gives us insight on what the people will soon come to realize and think about after this event.
Humble Beginnings and Themes:
Black Writers such as Langston Hughes, and Zora Neal Hurston, used their talents in literature to express the struggles of blacks, how through years of torture, and demoralization, black heritage and culture was nearly wiped out, and how they were forced to succumb to the ever growing group of white racists. and helped the black community open their minds, and pride to regain their lost black culture. and many of these writers were part of political activists movements, like W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP, and the Niagara Movement, which resulted in blacks to see accomplishments as beneficial to the politics of their nation and culture. As much as these writers did everything to express their emotions about the black culture, they tried to remain unbiased so people can look at these works as legitimate, and not just some Negros rambling subjective opinions about their culture.
The End?
As the Stock Market crash of 1929, brought the end to the Harlem Renaissance, writers managed to retain their popularity throughout their lives, but as the moment came to a close the themes of the Harlem Renaissance also changed. They changed from romanticized, and freely expressive, to a more objective, realistic, analytical way, nevertheless both these themes helped express the struggles, and and beauty of blacks, and showing whites that blacks to, were worth of being great writers.
Black Writers such as Langston Hughes, and Zora Neal Hurston, used their talents in literature to express the struggles of blacks, how through years of torture, and demoralization, black heritage and culture was nearly wiped out, and how they were forced to succumb to the ever growing group of white racists. and helped the black community open their minds, and pride to regain their lost black culture. and many of these writers were part of political activists movements, like W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP, and the Niagara Movement, which resulted in blacks to see accomplishments as beneficial to the politics of their nation and culture. As much as these writers did everything to express their emotions about the black culture, they tried to remain unbiased so people can look at these works as legitimate, and not just some Negros rambling subjective opinions about their culture.
The End?
As the Stock Market crash of 1929, brought the end to the Harlem Renaissance, writers managed to retain their popularity throughout their lives, but as the moment came to a close the themes of the Harlem Renaissance also changed. They changed from romanticized, and freely expressive, to a more objective, realistic, analytical way, nevertheless both these themes helped express the struggles, and and beauty of blacks, and showing whites that blacks to, were worth of being great writers.