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Racial Consciousness, Uplift, And Justice In Harlem Renaissance Poetry, Alexandria E. Schultz
Racial Consciousness, Uplift, And Justice In Harlem Renaissance Poetry, Alexandria E. Schultz
UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity
Critical research titled Racial Consciousness, Uplift, and Justice in Harlem Renaissance Poetry by Alexandria E. Schultz in UReCA: The NCHC Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Activity, 2021, pages 53-72.
Abstract
Were you surprised or confused by the recent Black Lives Matter protests? Were some of the arguments for or against the movement hard for you to understand? This essay intends to help readers see, through the lens of poetry, how the current Black experience in America came to be, and what Blacks have been saying and doing about their unequal circumstances for the past 100 years. Throughout the history …