topic6 the relationship between harlem renaissance and american dream racial discrimination主题文艺复兴时期与梦种族歧视之间关系.pdf

Topic6

Therelationshipbetween

HarlemRenaissanceAmericanMulticulturalism

AmericanDreamRacialDiscrimination

安荟洁

HarlemRenaissance

TheHarlemRenaissancereferstothefloweringofAfricanAmericancultural

andintellectuallifeduringofWorldWarIandthemiddleofthe1930s

Depression.KnownastheNewNegroMovementatthattime,theyused

writing,music,andarttodemonstratestrongbeliefs.

Origin

InthedecadesimmediatelyfollowingWorldWar,hugenumbersofAfrican

AmericansmigratedtotheindustrialNorthfromtheeconomicallydepressed

Southtofilljobvacancies.Thefollowingeconomicdepressionaddedthe

burdenofthem.ChicagoRaceRiotof1919alsoprovokedthemtomoveto

Harlem.IncitiessuchasNewYorkCityandWashington,D.C,therecently

migratedsoughtandfoundnewopportunities,botheconomicandartistic.

Respondingtotheheadyintellectualatmosphereofthetimeandplace,writers

andartists,manyofwhomlivedinHarlem,begantoproduceawidevarietyof

fineandhighlyoriginalworksdealingwithAfrican-Americanlife.Theseworks

attractedmanyblackreaders.Newtothewiderculture,theyalsoattracted

commercialpublishersandalargewhitereadership.

Characteristics

HarlemRenaissancehasfourCharacteristics.First,thematerialswerefrom

thedepressedclass.Manyblackwritersdescribedmiserablelifeandfortune

ofAfricanAmericanstochallengethepervadingracism.Second,newimages

ofAfricanAmerica