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The Harlem

Renaissance


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Background Information

After the American Civil War, liberated African-American

slaves searched for a safe place to explore their new

identities as free men and women. They found it in Harlem.The Great Migration began. Many African-Americans moved North to

escape oppression in the South. New York quickly became the "Negro Capital of the World".

Their journey was accompanied with new expanded opportunities inthe employment and educational areas.

In return, they brought in new music, literature, art, drama and dance.

Though there was still racism, this had become the time in which theblack man could exceed his limits and be what nobody expected himto be.


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Background Information

By this time, black

families were able to afford the

lifestyle of the American people.

Though, nobody guessed thatvery soon would America lose

its infatuation with Harlem and

the intellectual and artistic

movements surrounding it.


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Black Pride

African Americans had to fight for

their rights because they weren't

handed to them

During the Harlem Renaissance anew "Negro" was formed

People like Langston Hughes

encouraged pride in the race of

African Americans African Americans didn't only bring

institutes and business to support

themselves, they also brought talents

and ambitions


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Important Writers of the HarlemRenaissance

Langston Hughes (1902-1967):jazz writer-He was one of the most well known

writers of the Harlem Renaissance. His writing

expresses his life experience as an African

American and focuses on the lives of the

working class. He believed African Americanculture should be valued just as much as white

culture.

Zora Neale Hurston: She was aninfluential novelist during the Renaissance. Her

writing is recognized for her incorporation of the

culture she grew up in. She collected African

American folklore and tales. Some of the

characters in her novels included women

searching for identity and community.


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Claude Mckay: -important poet in the early

renaissance. -His writing reflected the African

American struggle. He wrote about a variety

of subjects including romantic love,social/political concerns, and about his

Jamaican homeland. He portrayed

consistency of his despise for racism in his

writing.Jessie Fauset: She was a noticeable writer

during this time. Her writing included essays,

novels, and she was a literary editor for the

NAACP journal, Crisis. Her writing focused ondepicting issues like interracial relationshipsand upper-middle class African Americans.


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In Harlem, Jazz was born

during the 1920's. Jazz had

many musical conventions with

its rhythms and improvised

instrumental solos.This newstyle of music brought

hundreds of people to come

and see musicians play this

music that they had never seenor heard before.Jazzmusicians used improvisation

so each performance was

different.


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Musicians During the HarlemRenaissance

Louis Armstrong:A musician that became famous during

the Harlem Renaissance was Louis Armstrong. Armstrong

grew up in a poor family in New Orleans and began to play

at clubs and funerals locally in New Orleans. In 1922

Armstrong moved to Chicago to play the second cornet in a

Creole Jazz Band.

Duke Ellington:Another Jazz musician was Duke Ellington

who was born in Washington D.C. and became the leader of

a band. Ellington began to perform at high schools and

parties which led him to move to New York where he

performed in places such as The Cotton Club.

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Aaron Douglas: the man whose work best reflectedthe "New Negro Era".

Important Artists of the HarlemRenaissance

Douglas was one of the

most important artists during

this time. He painted murals

for public buildings andillustrations for various black

publications such as TheCrisisand Opportunity. Hiswork best represented what

was happening during the

Harlem Renaissance bycapturing the emotions that

flowed through the city and

the struggle in the hood.


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Archibald J. Motley: One of the first artists whofocused on the life of African Americans. He is best

known for his portraits and genre scenes of Chicago's

Black Belt (Chain of neighborhood's on south side of

Chicago where many African Americans lived). Hiswork consisted of wine bottles, musicians, instruments

etc.

William H Johnson:He arrived at Harlem during the

start of the migration and enrolled at the NationalAcademy of Art under Charles Hawthorne and

George Lorks.

Important Artists of the HarlemRenaissance

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