Post by jchang on Dec 12, 2013 3:55:02 GMT
The goal of the Harlem Renaissance was the rebuild the African-American communities. It was about building a home-like environment for the African-American. The only way to build a home-like environment for the African-Americans was by being accepted by the white race. It could only work if the black community is able to be accepted by the white community. So in order for the black community to fit into the white, African-Americans had to build a common ground on which both races had interests in. The factor that allows the black community to integrate with the white community is art. Through music like jazz and blues, literature, and fine-arts, white and blacks were able to break that segregation and start to build the new home-like communities.
The Civil rights movement didn't happen until the 1950s because African-Americans were still getting used to the new free life. They all also had a false hope in their head that everything will get better since they are free. In the 1920s, they had a civil rights leader named Marcus. His idea was to bring people back to Africa, to build a strong empire ruled by Africans. Marcus did not believe that life would get better in the States, so since the leader of the time didn't believe in equality, no one else did. As Marcus started to lose power and popularity, the civil rights movement picked up speed and was steaming by by the 1950s. New leaders such as MLK had taken the lead to equality.
The Civil rights movement didn't happen until the 1950s because African-Americans were still getting used to the new free life. They all also had a false hope in their head that everything will get better since they are free. In the 1920s, they had a civil rights leader named Marcus. His idea was to bring people back to Africa, to build a strong empire ruled by Africans. Marcus did not believe that life would get better in the States, so since the leader of the time didn't believe in equality, no one else did. As Marcus started to lose power and popularity, the civil rights movement picked up speed and was steaming by by the 1950s. New leaders such as MLK had taken the lead to equality.