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How Did The Great Migration Affect African American Literature

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The new generation of writers used the foundation constructed by earlier writers to create literature that became entirely their own. This reinvention of literary and vernacular traditions correlates to African American's history of perseverance and the ability to adapt to an ever-changing landscape. One of the main things that the Great Migration did for literature of this time was give it an urban environment that it can draw from. There was a feeling of connectedness that seemed to come from this which helped further propel the work of black Americans both in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

There was always a desire to express an authentic account of black experience in African American Literature. The difference concerning the literature
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