She Strived for Greatness and Came out Golden After the South established the regime of Jim Crow Laws, then came the Great Migration. During the early 20th Century, a large majority of African-Americans began to migrate to the North and Midwest in hopes for a better life and job opportunities. As result of African-Americans, Africans and people of Caribbean decent moving into the negro neighborhoods available in Harlem, New York; a movement which was named the Harlem Renaissance was created. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic bright beginning of Black history. A beginning of Black Activists, Artists, Poets, Novelists, and Entertainers making a mark in America’s history that could not go unnoticed. African-Americans who soon became the role models for the future generations in the community; with Faith Ringgold being one of them.…show more content… Ringgold was born on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York. Her parents were Andrew Louis Jones and Willie Posey Jones that descended from working-class families that moved during the Great Migration. Ringgold was exposed to creativity at an early age due to her mother being a fashion designer and father a storyteller. The beginning of Ringgold’s interest in visual arts began when she was child, at the time Ringgold dealt with chronic asthma and experimented with crayons as a hobby with the support of her mother. Major figures during the Harlem Renaissance such as Langston Hughes (poet) and Duke Ellington (entertainer) that lived just around the corner from Ringgold had made impact on her aspiration for
