Harlem Renaissance
Mr. P. Dunn
Writers and Poets
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In the following two slides, we will discuss
the writers of Harlem. You will notice one
thing in common with all the authors.
Male Harlem Authors
Claude McKay
1889-1948
Jamaica, West Indies
Langston Hughes
1902-1967
Joplin, Missouri
Arna Bontemps
1902-1973
Louisiana
Jean Toomer
1894-1967
Washington, D.C.
Poetry and Novels:
Life in Harlem,
Racial Prejudice
Harlem Dancer
Invocation (1917)
POETRY:
Black Music, racial
affirmation, and racial
The Negro Speaks of
Rivers
Dream Deferred
protest
(Harlem)
Poetry and Novels:
African American life,
Racial Protest,
African American rights
POETRY:
Racial Affrimation
Racial Protest
St. Louis Woman,
Story of the Negro,
The book of Negro
Folklore,
People
Cotton song
Song of the Son
Female Harlem authors
Novels
Segregation
White Rights
Lynch Law in All Its Phases
Poet and Novelist
American Life
Abolition
Segregation
The Crisis
Opportunity
The New Negro
Ann Lane Petry
1908-1997
Old Saybrook, Conn.
Writer
Segregation
Racial Prejudice
Like a Winding Sheet
The Street
Country Place
The Narrows
Nella Larsen
1891-1964
Chicago, IL
Writer
Her Life
Love
Black segregation
Sanctuary
Mrs. Adis
Quicksand
Passing
Ida B. Wells
1862-1931
Holly Springs, Miss.
Angelina Weld
Grimke
1880-1958
Boston, Mass.
On Lynchings,
Mob Rule in New
Orleans
Enslaved by Claude McKay
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OH when I think of my long-suffering race,
For weary centuries despised, oppressed,
Enslaved and lynched, denied a human
place
In the great life line of the Christian West;
And in the Black Land disinherited,
Robbed in the ancient country of its birth,
My heart grows sick with hate, becomes as
lead,
For this my race that has no home on earth.
Then from the dark depths of my soul I cry
To the avenging angel to consume
The white man's world of wonders utterly:
Let it be swallowed up in earth's vast womb,
Or upward roll as sacrificial smoke
To liberate my people from its yoke!
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Claude McKay
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In this poem, McKay is describing what his
ancestors went through. He describes how
that wretched white man has control over all
the black race.
McKay makes sure you get the point when
he talks about racial prejudice. He talks
about the white man’s world of wonders
getting swallowed by the earth’s womb.
McKay tells that black people have no home
on earth, so he wants the white man to die.
He wants his people to be free and be
liberated from the earth’s yoke.
Artists of Harlem
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In the next slide, we will talk about the
famous artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance Artists
Aaron Douglas
1898-1979
Topeka, Kansas
Painter
Negro Philosophy
Spiritual Identity
Works
Power Plant, Harlem
Song of the Towers
Into Bondage
Jacob Lawrence
1917-2000
Atlantic City, NJ
Painter
Works
African American History
Brown Stones
Theatre
Toussaint l’Ouverture
Henry Bannarn
1910-1965
Hughes County, OK
Haitian Revolution
Sculptor/ Painter
Free sketch portraits
Human sculpting
Watercolor paintings
Works
Circa
Harlem Musicians
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In this last slide, we will talk about the
musicians. They are all jazz artists who’s
music many people enjoy today.
Harlem Renaissance Musicians
Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
New Orleans, LA
Musician
Jazz/Pop
Potato Head Blues
Muggles
Weatherbird duet
West End Blues
Duke Ellington
1899-1974
Washington, D.C.
Musician
Jazz
Jeep’s Blues
Concerto for Cootie
The Mooche
Louis Russell
1902-1963
Bocas del Toro,
Panama
Pianist and
Bandleader
Jazz
Boogie in the
Basement
After Hour Creep
Case On Dawn
Conclusion Page
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In this project, I learned that there were hundreds of African
Americans doing what they can to keep their heritage alive.
Whether it be painting, sculpting, or writing, they made their
difference any way they could. They all showed how to be proud of
their heritage. The Harlem Renaissance lives on today in our
history books as being one of the most influential times where
African Americans stood up for what they knew was right.
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Paul Dunn
Image Bibliography
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Claude McKay: http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/poetry/cmck/mckay.jpg
Arna Bontemps: http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/images/bontemps_arna.jpg
Jean Toomer: www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/jean-toomer.html
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/wells-barnett_ida/wellsbarnettold.jpg
sunsite.utk.edu/delaney/beauford.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/douglas_aaron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Weld_Grimke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bannarn
Enslaved by Claude McKay (poem)http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/mckay02.html#22