Harlem Renaissance Wrap Up What type of revolution? What type of residual effects?

1. Harlem Renaissance Wrap UpWhat type of revolution? What type of residual effects? • For tomorrow, please review and consider the following information. We will have a phishbowl discussion concerning the above questions. We’ll discuss whether the Harlem Renaissance influenced the Civil Rights movement, what type of revolution is most influential for long-term influence, and whether today’s art, specifically Hip Hop, is a positive representation of what the Harlem Renaissance fought to attain. • Please come to some conclusions about the above ideas before responding to the blog about Hip Hop (not all are required to respond on the blog) or researching your freedom fighter (required for all). • Product: two phishbowl questions and one observation/response concerning any of the above: • Hip Hop • The nature of revolution • The influence of the Harlem Renaissance • Freedom fighters

2. W.E.B. DuBois "I sit with Shakespeare, and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm and arm with Balzac and Dumas (both French revolutionaries fighting to create a middle class), where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out of the caves of evening that swing between the strong-limbed Earth and the tracery of stars, I summon Aristotle and Aurelius and what soul I will, and they come all graciously with no scorn nor condescension. So, wed with Truth, I dwell above the veil." • Charlotte Bronte: “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last…Appearance should not be mistaken for TRUTH; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ. The world may not like to see these ideas dissevered, for it has been accustomed to blend them; finding it convenient to make external show pass for sterling worth—to let white-washed walls vouch for clean shrines. It may hate him who dares to scrutinize and expose—to rase the gilding, and show base metal under it—to penetrate the sepulcher, but hate as it will, it is indebted to him” (Bronte/Bell 4).

3. Hip-Hop: A Step Forward or Back? “Hip-hop adds another dimension and diversity in the African American culture. Is it right to discard or criticize another's culture? The United States is supposed to be an egalitarian society, but how can this be true if discrimination exists in relation to its different subcultures? Rap emerged through the same creative ways as other African American divisions of musical expression (jazz, blues, R&B) and gives the same level of individualistic unity among African Americans, as well as all that enjoy the music. Hip-hop is the way people live. This is what verifies hip-hop as a culture, which deserves to be understood instead of stereotyped.” Think for a moment about the hip-hop/rap songs you hear on the radio and the videos that accompany them. Describe the content and language of these songs. What culture do hip-hop/rap artists create? Specifically, how does it counter upper middle/middle class white culture? Why has this culture emerged? Do you think it is progressive or regressive?

4. 1. Consider Hip Hop today: think about the timeline—Hurston’s POV, Baldwin’s POV, our discussions about Marx and “diametrically opposed absolutes” and what Hip Hop/Rap portray today. 2. Did the Harlem Renaissance influence the Civil Rights movement? 3. What similar motivations, ideas, and beliefs did all these movements have? 4. Is Hip Hop/Rap a step forward or a step backward for the African-American community?

5. Freedom Fighters • HW: Look up information on one of the following people; for some, you can use your history text, internet, or literature book: Malcolm X, W.E.B. DuBois, Nat Turner, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Helen Suzman, Desmond Tutu, Gandhi, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Franco, Fidel Castro, Jefferson Davis, Michael Collins, Mirabeau (French Revolution), Jean Paul Marat, Camille Desmoulins, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Black Hawk, Chief Joseph. Make note of some major details about their fight for freedom—actions, beliefs, etc. Then, decide whether their approach to liberty and justice for all was peaceful or violent—did they promote revolution by blood or revolution by talk? Lastly, consider, in their case, what was more effective: peace or violence? (Need a “basic outline” and a Works Cited).