Quotes by Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance

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“Notwithstanding the memories of slavery, and in the face poverty, ignorance, terrorism, and subjugation still deeply woven into their lives, the embittered past of blacks was taken onto a much high...”
— Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
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“It [the Harlem Renaissance] was a time of black individualism, a time marked by a vast array of characters whose uniqueness challenged the traditional inability of white Americans to differentiate ...”
— Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
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“Sandra L. West and Aberjhani have compiled an encyclopedia that makes an important contribution to our need to know more about one of modern Americas truly significant artistic and cultural movemen...”
— Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
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“We are drawn to the Renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial empathy that it embodied and because there is a certain element of romanticism associated with the eras creativi...”
— Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
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