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The historical and Literary explosion Of the

The historical and Literary explosion Of the.

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The historical and Literary explosion Of the

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  1. The historical and Literary explosion Of the

  2. The Harlem Renaissance was a political and artistic movement by African Americans living in Harlem during the 1920’s. This movement was characterized by issues of identity and racial pride.The Harlem Renaissance movement fostered an unprecedentedcreative outburst of black politicians, authors, singers, musicians,actors, and visual artists.

  3. “Harlem is not merely a Negro colony Or community, it is a city within a city, The greatest Negro city in the world. It Is not a slum or a fringe, it is located in The heart of Manhattan and occupies one Of the most beautiful….sections of the City…. It has its own churches, social and Civic centers, shops, theatres, and other Places of amusement. And it contains More Negroes to the square mile than Any other spot on earth.” -James Weldon Johnson

  4. Why the migration to Harlem? • Racial tension in the South • Lack of jobs in the South • WWI prevented immigration from European countries. Therefore, jobs!

  5. Political Goals of the Harlem Renaissance • To aggressively protest racial violence • To use legislation to protest the lack of African-American rights

  6. Major Playersin the HarlemRenaissance

  7. MARCUS GARVEY • A Jamaican immigrant who believed African Americans should build a separate society in America. • Founded UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)in 1914 and the Negro Factories Corporation. • A leader in the Back-to-Africa Movement. • Died in relative obscurity in London in 1940.

  8. MARCUS GARVEY “I asked, ‘Where is the black man's Government?’ ‘Where is his King and his kingdom?’ ‘Where is his President, his country, and his ambassador, his army, his navy, his men of big affairs?’ I could not find them, and then I declared, ‘I will help to make them.’” “The time has come for the Negro to forget and cast behind him his hero worship and adoration of other races, and to start out immediately, to create and emulate heroes of his own.” “I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves.”

  9. LANGSTONHUGHES • Born 1902 in Joplin, Mississippi • Moved to Harlem and attended Columbia University around 1920. • His poetry told about the struggle of the poverty- stricken Blacks. • Major works:The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1921) The Dream Keepers (1932) • Died in 1967

  10. LANGSTONHUGHES "Harlem" What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore -And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over -like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load. Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes, 1951

  11. Zora NealeHurston African American Odyssey • Born 1891 in Eatonville, Florida. • Wrote novels, books of folklore, poems, and short stories. • Criticized for her outspokenness and dress. • Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). • Died 1960. • Buried in an unmarked grave in Eatonville until discovered and brought to the nation’s attention by Alice Walker.

  12. Zora NealeHurston “And, Janie, maybe it wasn't much, but Ah done de best Ah kin by you. Ah raked and scraped and bought dis lil piece uh land so you wouldn't have to stay in de white folks' yard and tuck yo' head befo' other chillun at school. …when you got big enough to understand things, Ah wanted you to look upon yo'self.” African American Odyssey Excerpt from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).

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