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Sharps, Ronald LaMarr. "Happy Days and Sorrow Songs: Interpretations of negro Folklore by Black Intellectuals, 1893-1928," George Washington University, 1991. Advisor: John Vlach (10, 2, 1)
This study examines the role of blacks at Hampton Institute in this regard and their interaction with opposing groups of black intellectuals on the interpretation of ante-bellum and African lore and custom, including blacks involved in the American Negro Academy (ANA) at the turn of the century and the New Negro movement following World War I. Advocates of the Hampton ideology saw economic advancement and equality as the objective and salvation for the race; the American Negro Academy (ANA) considered this secondary to the demand for political equality, which they said would best remove obstacles to blacks who would obtain a cultural education and thus be prepared as leaders of the race and contributors to civilization.
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