Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Malcah Zeldis:Civil Rights Movement Artist
Bob Dylan :Civil Rights Movement Musician
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to youIs worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
Richard Wright :Civil Rights Movement Writer
Background of the Civil Rights Movement
Langston Hughes: Harlem Renaissance Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: Harlem Renaissance Writer
Her analysis of a woman and her power embodies the feeling that all people are equal and deserve to have equal rights, as most people during the Harlem Renaissance felt. Her novel was so influencial in the way people thought that they created a movie to help depict her story of a struggling woman.
" Janie, on her gossiping neighbors, stressing the importance of storytelling and oral tradition: "Ah don't mean to bother wid tellin' 'em nothin', Pheoby. 'Tain't worth de trouble. You can tell 'em what Ah say if you wants to. Dat's just de same as me 'cause mah tongue is in mah friend's mouf""In the quote above, from Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston represents herself and the black community of that time by writing as though it was spoken. She does not use proper grammar, however she notably makes sure that you sound it out so as to fully read the book. One of the devices by authors was to make sure that there was full reading and not skimming, so they put extra meaning into each paragraph.
To see more of her writing and some of her most famous quotes in Their Eyes Were Watching God go to: http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/toptenquotes.html
Aaron Douglas: Harlem Renaissance Artist
On the left of the artwork, he has someone playing a piano which helped represent the artistic views and feelings through the time period. There is also a man holding a flag, whcih represents the liberty, patriotism, and pride that everyone had for America after we had won World War I.