“Whether we consider hip-hop as an evolved manifestation of the Harlem Renaissance or something completely new under the sun, it clearly has moved beyond the stage of just entertaining lives to that of informing and empowering lives.” SocietyInformationEmpowermentHip HopEntertainmentMulticulturalismEntertainment IndustryInformation AgeBlack History MonthCreative ArtistsCreative GeniusHarlem RenaissanceCreativesThe SunHip Hop PhilosophyHistorical PerspectiveNational History DayManifestationsCultural ArtsHarlem Renaissance HistoriansContemporary CultureCultural MovementsHip Hop StyleAfrican American Music MonthBlack Music MonthContemporary HistoryCulture Of Hip HopHarlem Renaissance CentennialHip HoppersHistorical Influences Book:Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry Source: Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
“Sandra L. West and Aberjhani have compiled an encyclopedia that makes an important contribution to our need to know more about one of modern America’s truly significant artistic and cultural movements. It helps us to acknowledge the complexity of African American life at a time when the nation’s culture was taking on a recognizable shape, when race was becoming less of a crushing burden and more of a challenge to progressive people and their ideals, and when cities and their inhabitants symbolized the end of the past and the seductiveness of the new.” African AmericansAuthorsRace RelationsUs HistoryDemographicsBlack History MonthAfrican American HistoryHistoriansHarlem RenaissanceGreat MigrationAberjhaniEncyclopediasHarlem Renaissance HistoriansCultural MovementsBooks On The Harlem RenaissanceClement Alexander PriceNewark HistorianSandra L West Book:Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Source: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance