Authors Flashcards
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Jacob Lawrence
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Artist: story-telling art known for series of paintings on a single person/event, cubism, pathos, and bright colors of Harlem
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Bigger Thomas
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MC in Richard Wright’s Native Born, kills woman, and makes a lot of mistakes.
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Folklore writer + wacky behavior
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Countee Cullen
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Did not want to be HR poet, tried to transcend race
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Aaron Douglas
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Artist: muralist and illustrator for AA political struggle and freedom, geometric, monochrome, and art deco silhouettes.
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Langston Hughes
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Most successful poet+Walt Whitman lover
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Claude McKay
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Shocked by the racism in the US after immigrating from Jamaica
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Richard Wright
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Best selling novelist+known for his violent themes, watched by the FBI
