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1、MaryWangProfessorSteveTracyLiteratureoftheNewNegro1December2016IntegrationoftheBlacksandWhitesCultureduringtheHarlemRenaissanceThere'ssuchahugeoutbreakofAfricanAmericanosliteratureduringtheHarlemRenaissanceperiodatthe1920s.AfricanAmericanleadersincludingW.E.BDub
2、ois,LangstonHughes,AlainLocke,MarcusGarveycontributedalottothefuturedevelopmentofAfricanAmericansandthefightforequalrights.Moreover,theformationofAssociationslikeNAACP,knownasNationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople,andUNIA,alsocalledUniversalNegroImp
3、rovementAssociation,helpAfricanAmericanstosecuretheirrightsandbetreatedequallywiththeWhitesaswell.However,therearestillconflictsduringthatperiodbetweenAfricanAmericansthemselves.W.E.BDubois,theleaderofNAACP,claimedtogainequalrightinanonviolentwayandtriedtointegr
4、atewiththemajoritycultureinordertogainequalrights.NAACPaimstomakesureallracesgainequalrightsonallaspects,helpingtheAfricanAmericanstogetinvolvedintothemajoritiesandtryingtointegratewiththemainculturedevelopment.WhileMarcusGarvey,aprominentnationalist,rejectedthe
5、integrationwiththemajoritytypesofliteratureandmaintainedhisracialprideasAfricanAmerican.ThemainpurposeoftheUNIAfoundedbyGarveywastokeepthepurityoftheirnobleraceasAfricanAmericans,andbethemselveswithouteventryingtogetalongwiththeWhites.Garveyevenincorporatedastea
6、mshipcompanycalled“theBlackStarLine”thatonlyhadblackemployees.TheconflictbetweenDuboisandGarveywentfurtheranddeeper,itgraduallyformedtwogroupsofpeoplewhofoughtagainsteachother.Garveygroupkeptcallingthem"NationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofCertainPeople冷andDubo
7、isgroupfoughtbackbycallingtheiropponent"UgliestNegrosinAmerican”.Inotherwords,theconflictsbetweenthesetwogroupssublimatetoadeeperargumentonwhethertoembracethemainstreamcultureoftheWhitesandtoaccomplishthecivilrightsestablishmentthroughtheirliteraryworks,ortoexpr
8、esstheirownculturefreelywithoutanypurposeandstaystrongandconnectedonlywithintheAfricanAmericangroup.Thepoem"SongoftheSon",writtenbyJeanToomer,exemplifiesthecorrectnes