W. E. B Dubois
W. E. B. DuBois was born in this year
What is 1868?
This phrase is repeated at the beginning of every stanza in the poem The Song of the Smoke
What is I am the Smoke King?
The poem, My Country 'Tis of Thee, was wrote by this person.
What is W.E.B DuBois?
The Harlem Renaissance was directly caused by this historical event that happened in the earlier 1900s.
What is the Great Migration?
This item represents the country of America and all the ideals that go along with it.
What is the American flag?
What is the U.S. Senate?
The poem, Song of the Smoke, has many themes, but the most prominent theme for the time that it was written would have to be this.
What is prejudice?
This is the tense that My Country 'Tis of Thee was wrote in.
What is first person?
This place was the hub of creative and intellectual life in the 1920's for African Americans.
What is Harlem, New York?
God in many of these poems represents this part of humans, while the devil represents the other part of people.
What is Good and Evil?
What is the name of the university Du Bois was a professor of economics and socialogy at?
What is Atlanta University?
The blue that is mentioned in line 19 would most likely represent this important group during the American Civil War.
What is the North?
My Country 'tis of Thee was wrote in this year.
What is 1907?
This event would later lead to the downfall of the Harlem neighborhood.
What is the Harlem Race Riot of 1935?
Iron was used in many poems during the Harlem Renaissance to represent this dark part of American history.
What is slavery?
This event occurred on the Eve of a Civil Rights March in Ghana in the year of 1963.
What is Du Bois' death?
Repetition is an important part of the poem, Song of the Smoke.The two most common words found in the poem would have to be this two word phrase that started a large portion of the sentences.
What is I am?
The intended audience for My Country 'Tis of Thee would most likely be this group of people.
What is the citizens of America?
Some Harlem Renaissance poets used their poetry to try and display this idea.
What is to change stereotypes?
Black balloons are very symbolistic. They are most well-known for representing this idea, which balloons are very accustomed to do.
What is rising up?
This was DuBois' first book, wrote after he became the first African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard University.
What is "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870"?
There is a lot of talk throughout the poem about rising up, which most likely relates to going to heaven, which heavily relates to this popular religion in America.
What is Christianity?
This is the last line of the poem My Country 'Tis of Thee.
What is Great God our King?
The literary aspect of the Harlem Renaissance began with this event.
What is a dinner at the Civic Club?
Smoke is known as being gray in color to represent human nature. This chinese philosophical symbol represents the idea of there being a mixture of good and evil in all of us.
What is yin and yang?