The Harlem Renaissance

1920 - 1930

1st Semester Recap� While I pass back papers, you will:

� Take a piece of scrap paper and answer the following questions:

What are your goals for second semester in � What are your goals for second semester in history?

� What do you like about this class? What do you wish would be changed?

� On a notecard, write three “hints” for seventh grade students…what do you wish you had known when you started 7th grade?

Harlem, New York

Jacob Lawrence - Artist

Langston Hughes - Poet

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes, But I laugh,

And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I'll be at the table

When company comes. When company comes. Nobody'll dare

Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

My PeopleThe night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my peopleSo the eyes of my peopleBeautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.

Duke Ellington - Musician

Duke Ellington Songs� Take the “A” Train� In A Sentimental Mood

Bessie Smith - Musician

Bessie Smith Songs� Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Louis Armstrong - Musician

Louis Armstrong Songs� Heebie Jeebies� What a Wonderful World

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