In this post I want only to note a significant line from today's research:
"During the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans used art to prove their humanity and demand for equality."
This quote, unattributed in wikipedia, begs the question: is art the most effective means of proving humanity, personhood, consciousness, soul? What does art show and what more is there to be said about its proving power?![]()
Thought of the day. 'Til next time ~
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p.s. A sobering quote from the end of the article.
...and the Harlem Renaissance ended abruptly because of naive assumptions about the centrality of culture, unrelated to economic and social realities.