2022/01/19 by AWESSO, Kpatcha Essobozou
#FOS: Languages and literature
paper · doi:10.48734/akofena.n5v2.22.22
From the first organized black slaves rebellions through the Underground Railroad, up to the current Black Lives Matter movement, the struggles of African Americans have become more visible. This article discusses the African Americans’ struggles from Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of recent Black Lives Matter movement, to highlight their unrest and precarious conditions that require constant reflections. It specifically sustains that; if African Americans are still struggling (for basic rights) it may imply that some fundamental attempts to ensure them happiness may have failed. The still issue of black uncured wound is raised here to investigate some unaccomplished promises of Harlem Renaissance which have required the emergence of Black Lives Matter movement. Constricted in the Social Movements theory, this article first defines Harlem Renaissance and Black Lives Matter as some forms of African Americans’ struggles for social equality. It furthermore investigates some unsatisfactory achievements of Harlem Renaissance that led to the emergence of other forms of black protests including Black Lives Matter movement.