Harlem Renaissance The Roaring 20s.

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HARLEM RENAISSANCE The Roaring 20s

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Generic Overview… Renaissance means “rebirth” in Italian Harlem Renaissance: An African American cultural movement in Harlem, New York from the 1920s – 1930s. This movement is largely defined by arts, culture, music, literature, etc.

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HARLEM RENAISSANCEThe Roaring 20s

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Generic Overview…• Renaissance means “rebirth” in Italian

• Harlem Renaissance: An African American cultural movement in Harlem, New York from the 1920s – 1930s.

• This movement is largely defined by arts, culture, music, literature, etc.

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Palmer Hayden, Jeunesse, abt. 1927

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William H. Johnson, Chain Gang

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William H. Johnson

Cafe

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Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage

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Archibald J. Motley Jr., Blues

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Romare Bearden, Jammin’ at the Savoy

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Langston Hughes, “I, Too”I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.

Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.

Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

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Palmer Hayden, Front Stoop

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Photo circa 1920s Harlem

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Augusta Savage

Gamin

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Your assignment• Describe the Harlem Renaissance in your own words,

making direct connections to the arts used in class. For further help, you should reference Chapter 17 of your book.

• Do not look at the works individually, but rather as a whole. What did the Harlem Renaissance depict?