How does the Black Arts Era differ in philosophical scope from the Harlem Renaissance?

I would
say that one of the fundamental differences between the two expressions of African- American art
has to do with historical context.  For the thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, the articulation
of what it meant to be "black in America" was a newly spoken idea.  Its words, lexical
patterns of recognition, and ideas were in the infancy stage of emergence.  Black writers during
the Harlem Renaissance were amongst some of the first thinkers to put into words what it means
to be "the darker brother."  This articulation was filled with a wide range of
emotions, but it marked one of the first times where a movement of black thinkers and artists
were discussing the same topic and the divergent...