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Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance created an environment where art flourished in a rediscovery of the past, a celebration of the present, and a determination to change the future. Harlem, 1924.
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance created an environment where art flourished in a rediscovery of the past, a celebration of the present, and a determination to change the future.
From 1919 to 1929, Harlem, New York became the capitol of cultural activity for African-Americans. It began with... Philosophy
W.E.B. du Bois • founder of Niagara Movement • founder of N.A.A.C.P. • editor of The Crisis
“Lift every voice and Sing till the earth and heaven ring. Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;” James Weldon Johnson historian diplomat novelist poet lawyer songwriter editor civil rights leader
Marcus Garvey • formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association, • began the “back to Africa movement”
Langston Hughes “I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers, My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”
“Your grief and mine Must intertwine Like sea and river, Be fused and mingle, Diverse yet single, Forever and forever” Countee Cullen
Zora Neale Hurston • Novelist • playwright • collected & preserved African-American folklore
AARON DOUGLAS
Palmer Hayden
William Johnson
The beauty of... COLOR
META WARRICK FULLER
The most important Blues singer of the 1920’s was... Bessie Smith
New Orleans Jazz
He was the first to record a song with scat! Louis Armstrong
Jazz and the Blues Fats Waller Duke Ellington
Performers Paris Nightclubs Dance & Song French Resistance fight against Nazis Josephine Baker
Harvard Law School • All American Football Player • Writer • Baritone Singer • 1st African American to Play Othello on Stage Paul Robeson
The Harlem Renaissance created an environment where art flourished in a rediscovery of the past, a celebration of the present, and a determination to change the future.
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