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Harlem Renaissance
1920’s
By: Reda Z. & Deniz Y.
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Background: Summary
Renaissance: an awakening of some sort
Harlem renaissance symbolizes the upsurge of black consciousness in the US
Flourish of African American culture, music, and visual arts
social organizations formed to improve African American circumstances http://harlemtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Harlem-Renaissance-
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Factors that Caused the Harlem Renaissance
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Harlem was the go to place for jazz Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Willie Smith cotton club Music created a sense of community Music was popular William Grant Still- First black composer for major
orchestra
Music
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Black artists wanted to capture soul ,
movement and energy
Art
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social and new culture in the north “You only live once” idea rapid new culture shaped Harlem and its
culture
1920’s Influence
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NAACP: founded by W.E.B Dubois
in 1909 National Urban League: founded
in 1911 took a practical approach to
improve the social and economic conditional of the African Americans
“Opportunity” UNIA: Founded by Marcus Garvey
Organizations
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Primary Source
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Langston Hughes Finest poem on the kinship of black & white Americans
"I, too, sing AmericaI am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes.They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed, -I, too, am America. "
Never forgot his duty to "the race“ (grandfather incident) broke traditional notion of what poetry meant & used
blues language & mood to depict the lives of the "low-down" folks
Background: People
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W.E.B. Du Bois: (NAACP). Wrote:
"Make way for democracy! We saved it in France, and by Great Jehovah, we will save it in the United States of America, or know the reason why."
debates about race, politics, and history
Cont.
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Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Ethel Waters: experimented with new motifs & styles Jazz Created two musical genres: Jazz & Blues
Cont.
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Louis Armstrong
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Richard Wright: American writer rose to bring back culture and entertainment
into the mainstream
Cont.
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James Weldon Johnson: captured much of the
literary, artistic, and musical vibrancy of the Harlem Renaissance
highlighted much of the vitality of the African American cultural life
Cont.
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