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The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance. Warm-Up. What was the Great Migration? What is a renaissance? . The Great Migration, 1910 – 1920. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans move from the South to cities in the North and Midwest. Economic opportunity: jobs in northern factories

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The Harlem Renaissance

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  1. The Harlem Renaissance

  2. Warm-Up • What was the Great Migration? • What is a renaissance?

  3. The Great Migration, 1910 – 1920 • Hundreds of thousands of African Americans move from the South to cities in the North and Midwest. • Economic opportunity: jobs in northern factories • Escaping racism and segregation in the South • Jim Crow Era

  4. African Americans in 1930

  5. African American Voices • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) • Founded in 1909 • Urged African Americans to protest racial violence • Fought for anti-lynching laws • Lead struggle for civil rights and an end to segregation • Lead by W.E.B. DuBois and James Weldon Johnson

  6. African American Voices, cont. • Marcus Garvey and UNIA • Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914 • Believed that African Americans should build a separate society • Encourage followers to return to Africa

  7. The Harlem Renaissance • Harlem Renaissance – a literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture • Expressed pride in the African American experience • Celebration of AA heritage

  8. Literature of the Harlem Renaissance • Claude McKay – novelist, poet and Jamaican immigrant • Expressed the pain and difficulty of being black in a world dominated by whites • Urged African Americans to resist prejudice • Langston Hughes – Best known poet • Poems influenced by the rhythm and tempo of jazz • Zora Neal Hurston – novelist • Portrayed the lives of poor, uneducated Southern blacks and celebrated their culture and contributions

  9. Harlem, or A Dream Deferred • What does the word “deferred” mean? • What dream do you think he is talking about? • What does Hughes imply in the last line of the poem when he writes, “Or does it explode?”

  10. African Americans and Jazz • Jazz migrated along with African Americans from New Orleans to Harlem • The Cotton Club – A famous jazz club in Harlem that catered only to white patrons • Famous Jazz Musicians • Louis Armstrong • “Duke” Ellington • Bessie Smith

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