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"Call and Response" are hallmarks of jazz because it was incubated in the black church. Preacher calls and congregation responds…horn calls and piano responds…Langston Hughes calls and Ralph Ellison responded. Langston Hughes wrote his famous poem, "Harlem:  A Dream Deferred" What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the…

In the prologue of Invisible Man, the narrator seeks light in his darkness by iluminating his hole with 1369 light bulbs.  The number is a tribute the the year 1936.  That was when he moved to New York City and met a number of influential people during this time of the Harlem Renaissance.  Most notably,…
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