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Langston Hugh Dbq Research Paper

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Around the 1910-1930’s,the African American society had a rebirth of all arts.This was known as the Harlem Renaissance.The Harlem Renaissance was an age where African Americans could show racial pride. During the time, a debate had risen deciding whether High Art or Folk Art showed more racial pride. High Art referred to the art which showed intellect and tradition.Likewise, Folk Art drew out the identity of an African American and could be relate to the general public. Folk Art showed more racial pride because it incorporates black speech,can be related to, and shows identity.

Folk Art poetry showed more racial pride because the poet incorporated black speech into their poems. In the poems “Homesick Blues” and “Po’ Boy Blue”,Langston Hugh’s used many words that are not in tradition speech but rather in Black speech. He used “de”,”Lawd”,and “Ma” instead of The,Lord,and My (Doc D). Langston Hugh’s used these untraditional words to show pride in his community speech patterns. …show more content…

In poem “Homesick Blues”,Langston Hugh’s was talking about getting homesick (Doc D)and in the poem “Heritage”, Countee Cullen described what Africa was to him,which could is relatable(Doc A). During The Great Migration, which happened a decade before the Harlem Renaissance, around 6 Million African Americans moved towards the North to be free of Racial Discrimination. It would be natural to be homesick after moving away from the place you have lived out for most of your life so

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