Harlem Renaissance
...many genres, but he is best known for his poetry, in which he disregarded classical forms in favor of musical rhythms and the oral and improvisatory traditions of black culture. In the 1920s he was a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance and was referred to as the Poet Laureate of Harlem (New York City).Hughes always acknowledged that his primary poetic influences were the blues bars of Harlem and D.C.. One of Langston’s works of art is I, Too, Sing America. This piece is more self explanatory than others he has written. It is evident this was written in a time where blacks were treated differently than others races of a fare tone. Him writing this piece in that time was perfect, which is why he wrote it. They demonstrate how blacks were treated like objects to be ashamed of. Hughes had many influences and roll models as a young man. Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg were early influences in his life. Black poets such as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Claude McKay, who were masters at standard poetry and dialect, were roll models for Hughes as well. The next person I will discussing is Zora Neale Hurston. Zora was an African American writer known for her novels and collections of folklore. Hurston's best-known novel is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). The story sensitively portrays a young African American woman's realization of her identity and independence. All her novels display the author's gift for storytelling, her interest in Southern black folk customs, her metaphorical language, and her robust sense of humor. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Zora Neale H...