Post on 31-Dec-2015
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The Harlem Renaissance
New York, New York
Ashley Duell & Molly Smith
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What is it the Harlem Renaissance?
“Harlem Renaissance refers to an era of written and artistic creativity among African-Americans that occurred after World War I and lasted until the middle of the 1930s Depression.”
Referred to as the capital of Black America
Changed the identity and history of African-Americans and the American culture as a whole
What is it? - continued
The African-American culture was transformed by an outbreak in:
Literature
Music
Dance
Art
Social commentary in neighborhood
Night clubs, community centers, cafes, galleries, publishing houses
Energy and excitement
The Beginning
Migration of African-Americans from 1919 to 1926 to northern cities in the United States was a major factor that lead to the
beginning of the Harlem Renaissance.
Literary discussions in Manhattan came to be known
as ‘The New Negro Movement.’
Langston Hughes
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Zora Neale Hurston
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W.E.B. DuBois
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E.E. Cummings
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Resources
http://42explore2.comharlem.htm
http://poetry.about.com/cs/20hcenturypoets/p/hughes.htm
http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE01&NewItemID=True
http://encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-49779091.html
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/harlem.html