Spencer Petrov
Mrs. Parkinson
English III
3/5/16
Harlem Renaissance
One off the most popular artists from the Harlem renaissance is the poet Countee Cullen. He was raised by an African American pastor so he was familiar with getting freedom and equality. But his education he got at mostly white establishments showed him that side of the culture. Thus leaving him very well balanced. The second stanza of his poem Tableau says: “From lowered blinds the dark folk stare/ And here the fair folk talk,/ Indignant that these two should dare/ In unison walk.”(quoted in Tableau, Cullen, Countee, Stanza 2). With his view of both sides he could see that not only would they be able to have equality but they could be together. It scared the people of the time but his vision was futuristic.
