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 * __The Renaissance Reexamined__ by Warrington Hudlin**

Background Information on the Author:

Full Name: Warrington W. Hudlin, Jr. Born: July 16th, 1952 in East St. Louis, IL Father: Warrington Sr., schoolteacher and insurance executive/ Mother: Helen, teacher/ Brother: Reginald Hudlin, actor, director, writer, and producer Education: Yale University New Haven, Connecticut BA 1974 Warrington Jr. is a director, producer, writer, and actor. He produced and directed movies such as //Black at Yale: A Film Diary//, 1974, and //Street Corner Stories//, 1977. He also made appearances in movies such as //House Party//, 1990, //Boomerang//, 1992, and //Bebe's Kids,// 1992. Warrington also founded the Black Filmmaker Foundation in 1978.

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Warrington Hudlin's "The Renaissance Reexamined" focuses on the inability for African American artists to be accepted. They struggled against this racial barrier for a long time especially during the Great Depression. Some were even forced to publish their work anonymously. Althogh this problem got better, the African American artists were still not equal to whites. After the Depression many Harlem artists began to leave Harlem, but most continued to write. Nowadays, the Harlem Renaissance is know for its many breakthrough artistic works.
 * __About The Renaissance Reexamined:__**

Summary In "The Renaissance Reexamined" the write Warrington Hudlin focuses on two stages of the Harlem Renaissance. The first is a stage where more black authors were being published, but not necessarily liked. The purpose of these writers was to break the mold that made the black writer feel held back. Also during this phase writers published their work for cheaper making them more available to people of all types. In the second phase which Hudlin does not expand on is the depression and th crashing of the stock market. This caused many of the Harlem writers to leave Harlem, and ending the Renaissance.