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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